MARGARET LYNNE JOHNSON

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MARGARET LYNNE JOHNSON Suddenly, on Saturday, November 16, 2002, aged 68 years. Predeceased by her parents, Bruce and Anne Shaw. Mourned by her sons, Bruce and Neil (Mary) and by her beloved grandchildren, Shea and Catharyne. Sadly missed by her sister and brother-in-law, Joanne and Bruce Briggs; "sister" Margaret Hirschfield (Ozzie) nieces, Andrea Esson, Nancy Esson (John Kitchen), Gillian Esson (Marvin Tansley), and Sarah Briggs; and nephews, Iain Esson and Andrew Briggs. Also remembered by her great-nephews, Neil and Simon Ashby and Wilfrid Tansley; and great-nieces, Taryn Ashby, Zoe, Emma, Sophie and Harriet Kitchen, and Eleanor, Antoinette and Liliane Tansley. Lynne was born in London, ON, grew up in Winnipeg, and lived in Toronto, Montreal, New Canaan, CT, New York City, Sarasota, and Atlanta, GA. She graduated as a nurse from The Childrens Hospital in Winnipeg (1954), and earned a B.A. at Marymount College in New York City (1987). She had a special talent for transforming a house into a beautiful and gracious home. Funeral in Atlanta on Wednesday, November 20. In lieu of flowers, donations in Lynnes memory to the Mabel House Art Alliance, 5239 Floyd Rd., Mableton, GA 30126, would be much appreciated by the family.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 20, 2002