Obituary of Patricia D. Johnson

Patricia D. Johnson 87 of Shrewsbury Township died suddenly at home on March 3, 2012. Patricia was born and raised in Trenton, NJ. During WWII she served in the Women’s Air Corp. Shortly after the war she married her loving husband of sixty-four years, Lloyd Johnson. While raising four children she worked for Lily Tulip and a private cafeteria service. Her greatest joy was her family. She loved, supported and treasured them unconditionally. She proudly attended all their activities and events. Besides her family she raised and cared for a menagerie of animals, and tended to her plants and flowers that thrived under her green thumb. She was predeceased by her husband Lloyd in 2011, and son Douglas in 1968. Also predeceasing her are her siblings, Eileen Landolt, Margaret, Paul, and David Heran. Patricia is survived by her brother Thomas Heran, sons Peter and Glenn Johnson, daughter and son-in law Lynn and Robert Austin. Nana Pat will be deeply missed by her grandchildren Jaclyn and husband Christopher Koczan, William Groel and wife Kate, Patricia Ciaccio and husband Paul, Alan and Greg Johnson, and her great-grandchildren, Connor, Carson and Clancy Groel, Evan and Max Koczan and Isabella Ciaccio. Visiting will be held at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center Street, Freehold on Wednesday from 9:30 to 11:30 A.M. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 A.M. at the funeral home. Interment will follow at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery, Arneytown. In lieu of flowers, donations to Kennedy Krieger Foundation, ALD Study 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD. 21205-9851 would be appreciated immensely.