Obituary of Audrey S. Johnson

Audrey S. Johnson, 85, of 184 Aldren Ave., formerly of the Big Tree-Sugar Grove Road, died at 6:17 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, 2012 in WCA Hospital. She was born October 12, 1926 in Sagertown, PA, a daughter of the late Leslie and Glista Snyder Southworth, and graduated from Jamestown High School in 1944. In earlier years, she had been employed by the former Jamestown Telephone Co. and retired as secretary to the president of the Dahlstrom Manufacturing Corp. Audrey was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the Ashville Home Bureau and League of Women Voters, and was an RSVP volunteer. She is survived by three grandchildren: Marc (Lara) Baker of Columbus, GA, Bryan Baker of Lutz, FL and Stephanie (Lanny) Schirmer of Cape Coral, FL; three great-grandsons: Gary Banks and twins, Liam and Landon Schirmer; a son-in-law, David Baker of Cape Coral, FL; four step-children: Jack Johnson of New Port Richey, FL, Thomas D. (Rosalie) Johnson of Jamestown, Dianne Johnson of Dawsonville, GA and Barbara Jean (Steve) Strickland of Jamestown; nine step-grandchildren and ten step-great-grandchildren. Audrey was preceded in death by her first husband, Jack Keifer, second husband, Richard E. Anderson and third husband, Milton A. Johnson, whom she married December 22, 1972 and who died January 3, 2007; a daughter, Lynn Baker, who died in 2009; three brothers, Keith, Donald and Dale Southworth; and two sisters, Thelma Doolittle and Anita 'Bonnie' Frederick. The funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday in the Lind Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald E. Ray will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received for one hour prior to the service in the funeral home Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 509 Prendergast Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701; or the Lutheran Social Services Foundation, 715 Falconer St., Jamestown, NY 14701.