Edwin Lee (Ed) Johnson, 77, died on August 16, 2013. Ed obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He participated in numerous theater productions at the university and in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF). He and his wife moved to New York City in 1960 to pursue careers in theater and acting. They returned to Boulder in 1963, and Ed completed a Master of Arts degree in English literature. They moved to Tucson, Arizona where Ed taught English at the University of Arizona in Tucson and at ASU in Tempe. He also performed in various community theater productions. In 1973 the family moved to Sheridan, Wyoming, after his father’s death, at which time Ed took over the family business known as Johnson Novelty, a company that placed and serviced coin-operated machines in businesses throughout northeastern Wyoming and parts of Montana. While running Johnson Novelty for the next twenty years, he also taught English at Sheridan College and acted in and directed many productions for the Sheridan Civic Theater Guild (CTG). Ed was preceded in death by his parents and his wife. He is survived by two brothers, a sister, daughter, son and three grandchildren. A celebration of his life will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 31st  at Kane Funeral Home, Sheridan, Wyoming. Memorials may benefit the Sheridan Civic Theater Guild, P.O. Box 1, Sheridan, WY 82801. (Source: Arizona State University Tributes: Notable Deaths & Obituaries)