Avis de décès de Eileen-P. -Welch Johnson

Johnson, Eileen P. (Welch) LOUDONVILLE Eileen P. Welch Johnson, 86, of Loudonville Home for Adults, died Friday, August 22, 2008 at Albany Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Eagle Mills, she was daughter of the late James T. and Bridget Welch and wife of the late George Johnson. She was raised in Eagle Mills and resided there for many years and was a graduate of Brittonkill Schools, Catholic Central High School and Russell Sage College, class of 1944, with a bachelor of science degree in home economics/dietary. Eileen enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and served as a first lieutenant in the Women's Medical Specialist Corps as a dietician in numerous military facilities in Texas, Calif., and New York State. After her discharge, she continued her education and became an elementary school teacher in Troy, Cohoes, Watervliet and Brittonkill School Districts. She later was a teacher in Florence, S.C. where she met her husband, George Johnson, who predeceased her in 1986. Active in community affairs, she was a member of the Brunswick Historical Society, Spindle City in Cohoes, and several area hospital auxiliaries. She was a baseball enthusiast, a licensed private pilot and still actively involved in private political debates. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Ellen Welch and a brother-in-law, Thomas Carhart; two cousins, Mary Hayes and Kay Danish; and numerous nieces and nephews, as well as an extended community of family and friends. She was predeceased by two sisters, Sr. Mary Alice Welch CSJ and May Carhart; and two brothers, Joseph D. and James T. Welch. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. at the Bryce Funeral Home, Inc., 276 Pawling Avenue, Troy and at 10:00 a.m. at St. Pius X Church, 23 Crumitie Road, Loudonville, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 4-7 p.m. Interment will be in Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville. Contributions may be made in memory of Eileen P. Johnson to the American Lung Association, 3 Winners Circle, Albany, NY 12205. For a private family guest book and service directions, visit www.brycefh.com