CAMDEN - Betty Brearley Johnson, 91, died peacefully at the Sussman House in Rockport, on Friday, November 25, 2016.
Betty was born July 1, 1925, in Worcester, Massachusetts, the daughter of Harry and Lillian Brearley. She graduated from South High School in the class of 1942 and was a 1946 graduate of Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, where she majored in chemistry. She married Arthur R. Johnson, of Worcester, Massachusetts on October 29, 1949.
Betty and Arthur moved to Maine in 1998 after long careers in the Washington, D.C. area. Betty was employed as a chemist, school librarian, and later as an editor for the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC), Rockville, Maryland.
Betty had a great love for art and crafts, especially fabric arts. She always had the next idea in her head for a creating a landscape in fabric. She greatly enjoyed the people and inspiration of Coastal Quilters of Camden. She also did charity knitting for chemo caps and the newborns at Pen Bay Hospital.
She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, and her brother, Robert Brearley and his wife, Gertrude of Post Falls, Idaho.
She is survived by her son, David Johnson and his wife, Christine of Timonium, Maryland, and her daughter Karen Martin and her husband, Peter of Camden, Maine. She is also survived by her nephew Steven Brearley and his wife, Donna of Moscow, Idaho and several great-nephews.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Sussman House for their dedicated care of Betty during the last few weeks of her life.
A memorial service will be held next summer at Nativity Lutheran Church, Rockport and will be announced.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.longfuneralhomecamden.com. Arrangements are with the Long Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 9 Mountain Street, Camden.