Gertrude JOHNSON

JOHNSON, Gertrude, C.N.D. (Sister St. Gertrude of the Sacred Heart) Passed away at Villa Marguerite, Pierrefonds on March 18, 2009. She was the daughter of the late Michael Johnson and the late Catherine Walsh. Her brothers, George, Bernard, Gerald, John, and Howard and her sisters, Ellen Brennan, Geraldine Cholette, and Mildred Macdonald predeceased her. She leaves to mourn her loving sister, Mrs. Teresa Churchill of Port Moody, BC and her brother, Reverend Joseph Johnson, SJ of Pickering ON and many cherished and devoted nieces, nephews and cousins. Sister Gertrude began her teaching career in 1943 in Montreal where she spent many years teaching. Our schools in Ottawa, Toronto and Sherbrooke benefited from her years of teaching. In 1980 she went west to do pastoral minister in Trail, Williams Lake and Cranbrook, BC. She came to Villa Marguerite in February, 2008. The Wake will be held at on March 20, 2009 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. with a Vigil service starting at 8 p.m. The Eucharistic Celebration will take place at St. Suzanne's Church, 9501 Gouin Blvd West, Pierrefonds at 10 a.m. on March 21, 2009. Thence to Cote des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal for burial. Published in the Montreal Gazette on 3/20/2009