Elizabeth Stanton Sterner Johnson

JOHNSON Elizabeth Stanton Sterner Johnson, born March 7, 1929 in Columbus, Oh, died peacefully at her home in Bexley, June 12, 2009. Daughter of the late Howard Stanton and Elisabeth Thomson Sterner, Tibbi as she was always known is survived by her husband, Kiehner Johnson; daughters and sons-in-law, Elizabeth Howard and James Hazelwood Taylor, of Bexley, Frances Woodworth and Timothy Channing Hester, of Silver Spring, Md., Jennifer Kiehner and Kurt Eve of La Jolla, Calif.; and seven grandchildren, Matthew McFadden Taylor and Frances Hazelwood Taylor, Elizabeth Thomson Hester, Thomas Channing Hester, and Abigail Stanton Hester, Alexander Kiehner Eve and Kevin Mackel Eve. She is survived by her sister, Frances B. Richardson, of Tuscon, Ariz.; and two nephews and their wives, Lt. Col. (Rtd.) Robert E. and Marcie Bassler, III, of Springfield, Va., and Thomson and Helen Bassler of Mt. Vernon, Wash.. Educated at Columbus School for Girls, Class of 1947, she received an Associate Degree from Chevy Chase Junior College, Class of 1949, Chevy Chase, Md., and graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts, Class of 1951; member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity. She was first a medical illustrator, and then in 1952 joined the staff of the Columbus Museum of Art, as Director of Education, directed the Lending Gallery, Publicity Chairman and secretary to the Assistant Director of the Museum from 1952 until 1957. Manager of the former Heritage Gallery in Columbus, and a founder of the Keny and Johnson Galleries. She was Curator of paintings by the late Emerson Burkhart on behalf of his estate, and was a collaborator in the preparation of a book upon his life and work which is currently in production. Former member of the Pleasure Guild, Symphony Orchestra League, Junior League of Columbus, Twig Two of Nationwide Children's Hospital, Little Garden Club of Columbus, and The Book Club. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of The Columbus School for Girls and The Robbins Hunter Museum of Granville, Oh. A member of the New Albany Country Club, and an original member of its Croquet Club; a member of the United States Croquet Association, and Patron Member of the National Croquet Center, West Palm Beach, Fla. Life long member and former Trustee of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church. Friends may call between 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, in Palmer Hall at the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, 1620 East Broad Street, Columbus. A memorial service will be held at the Church at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, preceded by a private internment at Green Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made in her memory to the Broad Street Presbyterian Church Foundation, the Columbus School for Girls, the Columbus Museum of Art, or the charity of your choice. Arrangements entrusted to SCHOEDINGER MIDTOWN CHAPEL. Online condolences can be made at www.schoedinger.com.