Ernestine Flora WELCOME
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Ernestine Johnson, reporter, civic leader: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Union-News (Springfield, MA) - November 16, 1995
Deceased Name: Ernestine Johnson, reporter, civic leader

"Ernestine F. "Ernie" (Welcome) Johnson, 72, of 26 Springmeadow Lane died Tuesday at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. She was a Hampden correspondent for The Springfield Newspapers, and had been a secretary to the late Thornton W. Burgess, famed children's author. She was an attendant at Monson State Hospital for 15 years, and a former librarian here and in Monson.

Born in Westfield, she was a 1942 graduate of Westfield High School. She spent several years in East Longmeadow before moving here in 1957.

She worshipped at the Federated Church, and was a Sunday school teacher and former vice president of its Ladies Aid Society.

She was chairwoman of Hampden Heart Fund and Cancer Society drives; a former president of the Garden Club and the East Longmeadow American Legion Auxiliary; a former cemetery commissioner, and a member of the Hampden Historical Society.

She was a Cub Scout den mother and Girl Scout leader here and in East Longmeadow. She was a volunteer at the former Wesson Hospital in Springfield, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton's Leeds section.

She leaves three sons, David W. Cesan of Hampden, Gary P. of Granville, and Daniel W. of Monson; a daughter, Joanne Lafave Costello of Longmeadow; a brother, Wesley of Austin, Texas, and 10 grandchildren.

The funeral will be Friday morning in the church, with burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Calling hours are this evening at Forastiere-Smith Funeral Home in East Longmeadow.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Christian Rainbow Mission, 35R Orange St., Westfield, 01085."

Date: November 16, 1995
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Union-News (Springfield, MA)



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