Joan Johnson

Joan Johnson, age 78, of Hamilton, Ohio, died peacefully on June 10, 2014. Joan was born in Richmond, Virginia on April 23, 1936 to Walter Foster and Edna Arlene Lipford. She was the youngest of three girls and looked up to her sisters Mary Cornelia Pribble and Ann Heffley Hutchinson who preceded her in death. Joan attended Collegiate School and went to Richmond Professional Institute for one year. Joan traveled widely, and lived in Miami, Florida, San Francisco, and Los Angeles before marrying her husband, James Johnson, and moving to Hamilton.

She was married to Jim for 21 years until his death in 1992. Joan worked for many years in the furniture department at Elder-Beerman store in Hamilton, and also had been employed as a real estate agent. For most of the last twenty years, Joan was blessed by the company of her brother-in-law, George McGuire, who died in 2012.

Joan is survived by her nephews Bascom and Walter Pribble, Robert, Walter, and Foster Hutchinson, and George (Junior), Gary, and Tim McGuire, niece Vivian, as well as over thirty great nieces and nephews and over a dozen great-great nieces and nephews. She leaves behind many friends and will always be remembered for her love of animals, especially her devoted companion, Opie, and the numerous cats she cared for over the years. It was Joan’s wish to be cremated and buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond with her family. There will be a graveside memorial service at a later date. Those wishing to commemorate her life should make a memorial donation to Animal Friends Humane Society, 1820 Princeton Rd, Hamilton, Ohio 45011.