Patricia M. Johnson

| November 23, 2011 6:09 AM

Patricia M. Johnson, 88, passed away

Nov. 19, 2011, at Whitefish Care and Rehabilitation Center.

Patricia was born in Helena in 1923,

and arrived in Whitefish with her parents, Thomas and Corrine

Brunett Mooney, soon after.

Patricia was well known for her

singing. She performed with many groups including the University of

Montana choir, she sang for weddings, in the church choir and for

many functions. She was an avid rock-hound and maintained a mineral

display at the Whitefish Library. Travel was one of her passions,

and she traveled extensively in Asia and Alaska as well as years

visiting the American Southwest collecting rocks.

She was preceded in death by a son,

Gregory; her mother and father Thomas Mooney and Corinne Jones; her

husband, George Johnson; and granddaughter, Holly Tobias. She is

survived by her children, Carmen Pierce, Brian Johnson, Eric

Johnson, Stephen Johnson and Rochelle “Bee” Bickel; grandchildren,

Wendy Price, Greg Hamilton and Stephen Johnson; and

great-granddaughter, Amanda Tobias. She will be missed by all.

There will be a private family service

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