Welcome to the Al Johnson’s Employee Reunion Web Site! The first-ever official reunion weekend was in August 2009, but this Web site will continue on as a way for current and former Al’s employees to reconnect, share stories and memories, and more. If you have any questions or suggestions, or wish to submit stories or photos from your time at Al’s (see below) please contact:
Mariah Goode
P.O. Box 602
Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 USA
(920) 839-2155
goode@itol.com
Restaurateur put Sister Bay on the map
By Myles Dannhausen Jr.
June 13, 2010
Al Johnson, the man who put Sister Bay on the map, has died. The restaurateur, WWII veteran, public servant, and grandfather to a village succumbed to complications from a pre- cancerous condition called Myelodysplastic Syndromes June 12 at age 84. Standing alone, his first and last name were the epitome of ordinary. Put together, they were Door County royalty. Al Johnson. ..... READ MORE.
From Facebook:
The place with the goats on the roof
Seventeen years ago, I headed off for a summer in Door County, Wisconsin. My family had vacationed there about a half dozen times when I was young and I'd always imagined what it might be like to work and live there. I had a job lined up at a restaurant and a room in the house of an 80 year old woman who rented out the six rooms previously occupied by her children.... READ MORE
The place with the goats on the roof
Seventeen years ago, I headed off for a summer in Door County, Wisconsin. My family had vacationed there about a half dozen times when I was young and I'd always imagined what it might be like to work and live there. I had a job lined up at a restaurant and a room in the house of an 80 year old woman who rented out the six rooms previously occupied by her children.... READ MORE
If you are interested in making a donation in Al’s honor, one option is the fund former employees have set up with the Door County Community Foundation. (The seed money was what was left over from the 2009 employee reunion party after expenses were covered.) It’s called the Axel Albert Johnson Memorial Fund, and is specifically designated to be used for educational purposes, an idea Al really liked when it was presented to him for his blessing. It is an endowed fund, so will exist in perpetuity, and a sub-fund which will be specifically for individual scholarships is also planned.
If you’re interested in making a contribution (tax deductible) to that fund, simply write your check payable to the Axel Albert Johnson Memorial Fund, and mail it to the Door County Community Foundation, 228 N. Third Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI, 54235.
Please let Mariah Goode know if you have any questions: P.O. Box 602, Baileys Harbor, WI, 54202. (920) 495-6630 (cell). (920) 839-2155 (home). mariahkgoode@gmail.com.
If you’re interested in making a contribution (tax deductible) to that fund, simply write your check payable to the Axel Albert Johnson Memorial Fund, and mail it to the Door County Community Foundation, 228 N. Third Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI, 54235.
Please let Mariah Goode know if you have any questions: P.O. Box 602, Baileys Harbor, WI, 54202. (920) 495-6630 (cell). (920) 839-2155 (home). mariahkgoode@gmail.com.
Please click here to sign the guestbook. This link brings you to “Ultraguest,” the Web site we used as an RSVP link for the August 2009 reunion party, but which we are maintaining indefinitely to serve as a kind of message board/chat area for Al’s employees. Stories and messages shared to date have been printed and given to Ingert and Al.
RSVPs for the party, comments, stories, and messages submitted up through November 2009 are contained in this document. Adobe reader is required to view. Don't have it? 
Memory Book stories. Many people submitted stories digitally to be contained in a memory book for Ingert and Al. This document contains those stories. If you would like to have your stories added to the document and also given to Ingert and Al for the book, please contact Mariah (contact information on home page).
Memory Book photos. Many people submitted photos digitally to be contained in a memory book for Ingert and Al. Access those photos here. If you would like to have your photos added to these and also given to Ingert and Al for the book, please contact Mariah (contact information on home page).
Reunion party photos by "official" photographer John DiSalvo. Posted here are photos taken by our official reunion party photographerJohn DiSalvo. These photos have also been given to Ingert and Al.
Memory Book stories. Many people submitted stories digitally to be contained in a memory book for Ingert and Al. This document contains those stories. If you would like to have your stories added to the document and also given to Ingert and Al for the book, please contact Mariah (contact information on home page).
Memory Book photos. Many people submitted photos digitally to be contained in a memory book for Ingert and Al. Access those photos here. If you would like to have your photos added to these and also given to Ingert and Al for the book, please contact Mariah (contact information on home page).
Reunion party photos by "official" photographer John DiSalvo. Posted here are photos taken by our official reunion party photographerJohn DiSalvo. These photos have also been given to Ingert and Al.