Johan worked many odd jobs when getting restarted in America. He washed cars and along with Conny cleaned office buildings. He then learned transistor technology and opened his own radio and TV repair business inside Modern TV of Olympia, Washington.
He liked to travel and take the family camping around the Olympics and to the ocean. Paradise at Mt Rainier was a frequent trip!
He liked playing Chess, his pipe and taking 8mm movies and was always in for a good Rijsttafel met veel sambal! He attended many of the early Seattle Sounders matches with Art in Memorial Stadium.
His cars were a Ford Station Wagon, Plymouth Fury, Mazda RX-4 Wagon