Elsie Hannah Johnson, 88

Weathersfield, Vt. — 

Elsie Hannah Johnson, 88, a 60-year resident of Weathersfield, passed away Tuesday evening, March 31, 2015, at the Elm Wood Center in Claremont, N.H. She was born March 7, 1927, in Cornish, N.H., the daughter of Paul and Isabella (Clow) Tewksbury. 

She received her schooling in Cornish and Windsor and graduated from Windsor High School in 1945. She later attended Nursing School in Barre, Vt. She married Howard L. Johnson in Cornish on Sept. 18, 1948. Mrs. Johnson was employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Vt., and later at Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor for 25 years. She most recently drove a school bus for the Town of Weathersfield for twenty-three years until her retirement in 1991. While working, she and her husband maintained a milk route for Butterick Creamery of West Lebanon and owned and operated a rural gas business in Claremont, N.H.

Elsie was a member of the Connecticut River Grange in Ascutney, a member of the Council on Aging and a longtime member of the Ascutney Union Church. She also served as Health Officer for the town of Weathersfield. She enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening and traveling.

Mr. Johnson passed away in 1986. She was also predeceased by her parents; by two daughters, Bonnie Wenz in 2009 and Lena McAllister in 2013; and by two brothers, Eugene Tewksbury and Rowland Tewksbury.

Survivors include two sons, John Johnson and his wife Diane, and Edward Johnson all of Weathersfield Center; one daughter, Mary Lawlor and her husband, Richard of Silver Springs, Md.; three brothers, Louis Tewksbury and his wife, Connie of Charlestown, N.H., Raymond Tewksbury of Claremont, and Tharon Tewksbury and his wife, Lucy of Unity, N.H.; one sister, Josephine Jewell and her husband, Milton of Cornish; two sons-in-law, Don Wenz of Grantham, N.H., and Norman McAllister of Highgate, Vt., two sisters-in-law, Lorraine Tewksbury and Claire Tewksbury, both of Claremont; a longtime friend, Wanna Baker of Weathersfield; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins; and her two cats, Bear and Whiskers.

Visitation will be held Monday evening, April 6 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Knight Funeral Home in Windsor. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, April 7 at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Connie Moser, officiating. A reception for family and friends will follow at the Cornish Town Hall. Committal services will be held in the spring in the Edminster Cemetery in Cornish.

Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA of VT and NH at 66 Benning Street, West Lebanon, NH 03784.

The Knight Funeral Home in Windsor is entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to her family in an online guestbook at www.knightfuneralhomes.com.