FRAMINGHAM Lorna Drummond Johnson, M.D., died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her loving family and cat, Buffers, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Born in Great Crosby (Liverpool) England, Nov. 26, 1920, she graduated from the Horace Mann School in New York City, received her BA from Barnard College, and her MD from New York University School of Medicine. She met her husband, Robert E. Johnson, M.D. at the Bellevue Medical Center in New York City, where they participated in the rescue of victims from the B-25 plane crash into the Empire State Building. They moved to Framingham in 1953 with their four children. In order to spend more time with her children, she went into medical research, where she ran the cervical cancer clinic at the Boston Hospital For Women Lying In Hospital Division for 30 years, where she became an expert in cervical cancer. She then moved to the New England Regional Primate Center in Southborough, and studied the reproductive behavior of the cotton- topped tamarins amongst other primates and non primates. She gave as much of herself to the community as she did to her family and children. She was responsible for the development for the medical library at Framingham Union Hospital, now MetroWest Medical Center, and the Framingham Union Nursing School, now the Cancer Center, and also the first historic district in Framingham. She was instrumental in improving the Framingham school system while on the school committee, of which she was a member and later a chairwoman. She was a loving supporter and sage advisor to her husband, children, and their friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert E. Johnson, M.D., who was a well-loved and respected physician in Framingham; her daughter, Laurel "Muffin" Lyons, M.D., of Woodsville, N.H., and James Samuel "Sam" Johnson. She leaves behind her family, daughter, Amy Johnson, M.D., of Rochester; son, Robert Johnson Jr., of Framingham; grandson, Christopher Lyons, of Greenland, N.H.; and granddaughters, Sarah Lyons of Andover, and Devon Johnson of Rochester. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her funeral service Friday, Feb. 27, at 11a.m., at the First Parish in Framingham, 24 Vernon St. (at Framingham Center). Burial will follow in Edgell Grove Cemetery, Framingham. Visiting hours at the Norton Funeral Home, (www.nortonfuneralhome.com), 53 Beech St., Framingham, are Thursday, Feb. 26, 5:30 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please send any donations to the James Samuel Johnson Schol-arship Fund for Young Artists,c/o Stephen W. Price, Treasurer/Tax Collector, 150 Concord St., Framingham, MA 01702.