Edmond C. Johnson

Artist Edmond C. Johnson, 84, passed away at his home on June 30, 2011. He was a lifelong resident of North Easton. For the past 28 years, Ed spent summers on Monhegan Island in Maine, where he owned a picturesque home and art studio. Son of the late James H. and Alice K. (Slattery) Johnson of North Easton, brother of the late Dr. James H. Johnson Jr. of Centerville, Ed is survived by his son Ted Johnson of Boston and his sister Jean (Johnson) McCarthy and husband Dr. Phil McCarthy of Dover. Ed was a beloved uncle of the entire McCarthy family. Ed graduated from Oliver Ames High School in 1944, and graduated from the Bentley School of Accounting and Finance in 1948 before his first career as a highly acclaimed accountant with General Motors. Always a gifted artist, he left the automobile industry in the late 70s to pursue painting. His work has been on exhibit at the Gallery at Mystic Seaport and the Mariners Museum as well as in galleries and shows from New England to the Chesapeake Bay area. Ed was an artist member of the in Boston and the American Society of Marine Artists. He holds over 35 awards including the prestigious Yankee Magazine Sagendorph Memorial Award from the Copley Society as well as awards from the Cape Cod Art Association and 4 major awards from the Mystic Seaport Art Festival. A Funeral Mass was celebrated on Tuesday, July 5, at 11 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Church, Main St., Easton, Calling hours were held prior from 9 - 10:30 a.m. in the Copeland-MacKinnon Funeral Home, 38 Center St., Easton. Interment in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Easton. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. For directions or to send an online condolence visit www.mackinnonfuneralhomes.com.