Roger E. Johnston, born July 04th, 1947 in Fort Scott, Kansas. Passed away on Friday May 3rd at 3:00am at the Clarehouse Hospice in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roger had been battling prostate cancer since June 2011. His career spanned 35 yrs with LaBarge Technologies (now Ducommun-Labarge). He was a 1965 graduate of Joplin High School and 1971 graduate of Missouri Southern. He started as a materials manager at the Joplin plant for LaBarge Electronics 1979, later traveled with sales and business development and in 2001 became general manager of the Tulsa manufacturing plant and oil field services facility for LaBarge-Ducommun, Inc. His son, Ryan Bay Johnston and his father, Kenneth Johnston, preceded him in death. Survivors include, his wife, Catherine Gray Johnston of the home and his son, Dylan Johnston of Leiden, Netherlands; two sisters, Virginia Bogert and her husband John Bogert of Springfield, Missouri, and Elaine Smith and her husband Jim Smith of Joplin; his mother: Vera Comstock Johnston of Joplin. Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 7, from 6-8pm at Fitzgerald Funeral Home at 91st and Harvard and Services will be held at Crossroads Church, at 2525 W. Main St. in Jenks, OK at 11am on Wednesday May 8th. Pastor Doug Carey will officiate. Moore?s Southlawn Chapel 663-2233