IN MEMORIAM:  Rosanne Johnson, 77;

Farmer Pursued Degree, Business Career

ONEONTA – Rosanne Johnson, 77, who ran a farm with her husband, then obtained her college degree at age 52 and went on to a career in business, passed away Jan. 28, 2016, at Fox Nursing Home.

She was born Oct. 4, 1938, in Brooklyn, the daughter of George and Rose (McCarthy) Brickwedde.

Rosanne graduated from Millerton High School.  She married Lloyd H. Johnson on Nov. 17, 1956, at St. Mary’s Church in Oneonta. Together they worked the family dairy farm.

Rosanne had put her college education on hold to raise her family.  In 1990, she graduated from SUNY Delhi, magna cum laude.

Rosanne retired from Eastern Travel Oneonta Bus Line.  She was a member of the Susquehanna Quilters Club, the North Franklin Women’s Club and was a volunteer for Catskill Area Hospice.

In addition to her husband of 59 years, Lloyd H. Johnson of Oneonta, she is survived by children Judy (Ralph) Martinez of Port St. Lucie, Fla., Marianne Herge of Salisbury, N.C., Jane (Doug) Kristofik of Vail, Ariz., Eric (Bonnie) Johnson of Oneonta, and Pamela (Shawn) Baldwin of Oneonta; grandchildren Graig, Tara Rose, Wade, Casey, Meghan, Alyson, Hannah, Nathan and Seneca Rose; five great-grandchildren; her 10 siblings, brothers George, Robert, Richard, James, Michael, and Thomas, and sisters Regina Conroy, Ellen Brickwedde, Mary Alm, and Kathy Corrigan; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by a son, James Lloyd Johnson.

Calling hours are 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.

The funeral mass will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at St. Mary’s, with the Rev. David Wm. Mickiewicz, as celebrant.

Interment will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Dr., Oneonta, NY 13820, or to the Louis Busch Hager Cancer Center, 1 Atwell Road,  Cooperstown, NY 13326.

Online condolence may be made at, www.lhpfuneralhome.com

Arrangements are entrusted to Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.