Elizabeth Johnsky

Palmetto, Fla. Elizabeth "Betty" (MacMillan) Johnsky, age 50, of Palmetto, formerly of Brockton, Mass., passed away July 30, 2008. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 31 years, Jerrold; her wonderful children, Lauren McNew and her husband Jason, and her grandson, Declan of Elkton, Md., and Neal Johnsky and his wife Julianne of Plainville, Mass.; her dear and much loved brother, Donald MacMillan and his wife Patricia and her niece Alyssa and nephew, Alex of Brockton; her mother-in-law, Marlena Johnsky of Bradenton; her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Michele and Steven Muldoon and her nieces Hali Muldoon and Kelsey Muldoon of Newark, Del.; her aunt and uncle, Grace and Frank Tompkins of Hudson, Mass.; and aunts, Joan MacKinnon of East Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Elizabeth MacAuley of Hudson, Georgina MacKay of Sudbury, Ontario; and uncle William MacMillan and aunt Mary of East Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton, Canada; and her dearest friends, Lorraine Carrozza, Dolly Colleran, Paulette Lessard, Terri Hogan, Diane Willoughby and Sandra Elliott of Massachusetts and Cynthia Evers, Heather Doyle, Elizabeth Iten, Donna Spagnola, Dawn Kamarowski, Lesley Caffin, Angel Colonesso, Erica Arend and Vicki Manche of Bradenton; and her many cousins in Massachusetts and Canada. She also leaves her many friends and co-workers at the Office of the State Attorney Earl Moreland. Betty moved to Florida in 2003 after working for Stream, GTE and Digitas in the Boston area. Betty attended Stonehill College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. She had various backgrounds in administration and technology. Currently, she was working for the Office of the State Attorney as a legal assistant. Betty fought a valiant fight against her cancer with grace and a positive attitude. However, she was called to the Lord at an early age. She asks that you remember her with laughter and a smile. She dearly loved her life and the people in it. She thanks everyone at the Florida Cancer Specialists, the State Attorney's Office, the Public Defender's Office, the many private attorneys and assistants and especially all of her family and friends for assisting her with her fight. Her celebration of life will be held at Griffith-Cline Funeral Home, Aug. 2, at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. In lieu of flowers, Betty requested that remembrances may be made in her memory to St. Jude's Children's Hospital and the American Cancer Society.