Helen Marie Johnson

Bucksport - Helen Marie Johnson, 87, went home to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 17, 2023. She was born on March 30, 1936, in Bucksport, Maine, the daughter of Vincent and Hildred (White) Conners.
Helen enjoyed a carefree and innocent childhood in a loving family in the bucolic environs of the family farm on the Siver Lake Road. She adored her father and mother and her two sisters. The three sisters were close in age, Helen being the middle child in between Barbara and Gloria. From their early days of childhood throughout the duration of their lives they remained the best of friends.
Through a dare from her older sister, Helen took a seat on the school bus with teenage neighbor Bob, the son of Scandinavian immigrants who had recently moved into the community. From that seat on the school bus, she began a lifelong friendship with C. Robert Johnson, being married on June 19, 1955. They enjoyed sixty-two harmonious years of marriage together until Bob's "home-going" in 2018.
After graduating from Bucksport High School in the class of 1954 Helen packed her bags, moved to Washington D.C., and began work as a secretary in the Dept of Defense. She used her capable skills in several positions during the years her husband served in the Navy and in the following years as he pursued further education. Eventually these business skills found their greatest fulfillment in her many years of faithful service as secretary of the Bucksport Bible Church.
In addition to her faithful love to her husband, Helen shared the same unselfish love with her two children and eventually with her grandchildren. Her peaceful and gentle presence made her home a welcoming haven of rest. As children and grandchildren grew up, she showed interest in each one's development and pursuits with support and unconditional love. Helen was deeply fulfilled by the normal routines of her home and family gatherings. Though perfectly content at home she was also a happy traveler when she had opportunity with her husband to travel to various places in the U.S., to Norway, and to spend several winters in Florida in Bob's bus-sized RV.
Helen's journey of faith began as a young adult when she was first introduced by other family members to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Through the grace of God Helen placed her faith in Jesus as the Son of God and her personal Savior. This conversion and salvation impacted Helen throughout all her life as she lived in the joy and peace of God's grace. She demonstrated her love for God faithfully in her church family at the Bucksport Bible Church. She was loved by all for her gracious and gentle spirit.
Helen is survived by her two children, Kerry Trumble and her husband Michael of Winchester, VA, and Dana Johnson and his wife Renee, of Ipswich, MA, eleven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, one sister, Gloria Harriman of Canaan, Maine, and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at the Bucksport Bible Church on Saturday, August 26 at 10:00 followed by a reception/luncheon, and committal service at 1:30 at the Evergreen Hill Cemetery on the outer Silver Lake Road. Arrangements are under the care of Mitchell-Tweedie Funeral Home and Cremation Services Bucksport (mitchelltweedie-young.com)