Dorothy Joyce Johnson

JOHNSON-Dorothy Joyce Johnson, died on March 20, 2005, at the age of 92, in Santa Barbara, CA. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1912, as Dorothy Joyce Matschke, she grew up in a Navy family with two siblings, Ruth and Carl. As a young adult, she was involved in The Moody Church and worked at Marshall Fields in downtown Chicago. Joyce married Edward L. Johnson on April 20, 1940. They were blessed with five children: Karen Ruth, Calvin Edward, Gloria Jean, Janice Elizabeth, and Patricia Joyce. In 1953, the family moved to San Marino, California. She developed new and lasting relationships at Lake Avenue Congregational Church in Pasadena, where she sang in the choir, taught a junior high Sunday school class, and served as a "money counter." In 2002, Joyce and Edward moved to Santa Barbara, California. They had been married for 64 years at the time of Edward's de ath on December 18, 2004. Joyce is survived by her son Calvin; her daughter and son-in-law Gloria & Ron Ryan; her daughter Janice; her daughter and son-in-law Patti and Chris Kent; her grandchildren Aaron Ryan (and wife Jennifer), Peter Ryan, Daniel Ryan (and wife Dana), Joel Ryan, Jesse Kent, Adam Kent; her great grandchild Aliyah Kent (Jesse's daughter); her sisters-in-law Evelyn Johnson and Adele Matschke; her cousin Janice Rossi, and numerous nieces and nephews. Her daughter Karen Ruth was killed in a car accident on June 6, 1959; and her granddaughter Amy Ruth Kent was struck by a car and killed just hours after Joyce's death. The memorial service will be held at Rose Hills Memorial Park, Hillside Chapel, Gate 17, 3:00pm, (TODAY) March 26, 2005. Graveside service will follow immediately. Contributions in memory of Joyce may be given to Campus Crusade for Christ International, 100 Lake Hart Drive, Orlando, FL 32832 or Lake Avenue Church, Missions and Evangelism Department, 393 N. Lake Avenue, Pasaden a, CA 91101.