"Mom, I really needed to talk with you this weekend to tell me that everything will be all right. It's amazing how just a word of encouragement from you can make everything better. I guess I'll continue to look for you in my dreams. Next week I'll be taking care of Sophie while George is at Okoboji. This was our time to play every game from cribbage to scrabble. I don't know what I'll be doing instead. No one else likes to play games like you did. I love and miss you so much but know that you're in a better place. No more pain or concerns. Night Mom. Love you."
In loving memory of
Doris Johnston
May 21, 1928 - April 15, 2010
Doris M. Johnston, 81, completed her life's journey on earth Thursday April 15, 2010 at her home in Webster City, Iowa. A visitation will be held on Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and funeral services at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, both at Foster Funeral and Cremation Center in Webster City, with Rev. David Doerr officiating. Burial will follow in the Graceland Cemetery.
Doris Marie Farrell, daughter of Albon and Rilla Mills Farrell was born on May 21, 1928 in Clarion, Iowa. She graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High School in 1946 and then attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls where she majored in library science. Doris was employed for Rexall Drug in Webster City. On September 14, 1952 she married James Robert Johnston at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple resided in Webster City. For over 32 years, Doris was a loyal and valued employee of Thompson's Pharmacy (Thrifty White Drug) and will be remembered by many as a familiar and friendly member of the staff until her retirement in 2000.
Survivors include her daughters, Liane M. Armstrong of Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico; Cathy Scott of Fort Dodge; Patty Johnston of Des Moines; Laurie Myers of Tempe, Arizona; her son, George Johnston of Webster City. 6 Grandchildren, Janel Scott Salvatore, Christopher Scott, Michael J. Armstrong, Jeannie Marie Armstrong, Amanda Marie Myers, Melani Louise Myers. 2 great grandchildren; Cody Christopher Scott and Samuel Jason Salvatore.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother James Farrell, and her husband James Robert Johnston who died on December 23, 1988.
Doris was a member of the First Baptist Church in Webster City. Her hobbies included a wide variety of needle work such as, quilting, crocheting and embroidery. Doris's passion for reading and her vast wealth of knowledge made it a pleasure to converse with her on so many different subjects. She was a loving and devoted Mother
and Grandmother who valued her time with her family and friends.
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Tributes
"It seems unreal that you've been gone almost 3 months. I still have many nights when I cry for myself missing you so much. There have been so many things happen when my first thought is that I should call and tell Mom that. She was so much a part of my world between helping George take care of her on the weekends to the games that we loved to play together to her putting her winning scores with Yahtzees in every game up on the side of the refrigerator just to prove to herself that it could happen. I found the notes that you wrote on our trip out to Amanda's graduation, specifically the one that you wrote the morning after we slept in the rental car in Yellowstone, when I was so concerned that when you got out of the car in the middle of the night to walk to ease your restless leg syndrome. You wrote, "Good morning all you bears and buffalo. Patty was afaid you would get me." We had such fun together. I have truly lost a best friend. Bye for now Mom. I know I'll see you soon enough when we can plan another trip, hopefully without spending a night in the car!! "