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Framon Blue Dog Email Header Goodbye old friend, how you will be missed Johnson An industry icon was lost a few nights ago, with Gale Johnson passing away the evening of March 22. I had been somewhat expecting the call from his wife Muriel, however it still came as a shock. I felt like a child being left alone for the first time.... In addition to being the editor of the Locksmith Ledger for 30+ years, Gale was a family friend, a business partner, an encyclopedia of locksmith knowledge and so much more. I first met him at a Ledgerworld in the 80’s when he worked for Bill Reed. He always had a story and ceratinly always took the time to help out anyone at any time. We shared an interest in hockey; he as a referee and myself as a player. In 2000 we became business partners. Gale had computerized the Reed Code Book system and introduced one of the first code lookup programs back in the DOS days (Computext if you go back that far). After an ownership change left the program hanging without much interest from the new group, Framon offered to market the program for Gale. For the last 20 years we have had a wonderful partnership in which there was never a written contract, only a handshake. I spoke with Gale weekly, sometimes daily. I always understood that when I contacted him for information there would be a new idea, some type of trinket, shortcut, tool or other item that he had in the front of his mind that we would spend time discussing. I have one sitting on my desk now, somewhat unfinished as it was the last invention that he sent to me. It will always have a place on my desk as a reminder of himmaybe some day it will make it to the market. I spoke with Cylde Roberson from Medeco shortly after I got the news of Gale’s passing. Cylde had the opportunity to talk with Gale just a few days ago and he indicated that the new idea was a topic of their conversation among other things. Gale still played an active role in Genericode, collecting new information for us and putting data together regularly. In recent years, his involvement was a bit limited, but the backbone of our program still has Gale’s work throughout. He was my go to guy when I had questions about a key blank, code series, lock system, and so much more. Our ability to draw information from the internet these days is wonderful, but what the industry lost a few days ago cannot be found anywhere online. All of us at Framon send the Johnson family, the staff at the Locksmith Ledger, and the locksmith industry, our deepest condolences. Gale’s footprint on so much of this trade will never be replaced. Rest in peace old friend Phil Agius VP Sales & Marketing Framon Manufacturing Company, Inc. facebook youtube 2021 Agius | 1201 West Chisholm Street, Alpena MI 49707

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