John L. Johnston, 78, of Butler, Pennsylvania,
passed away on January 27, 2012 at 10:16 a.m. at his
residence.
He was born August 20, 1933 in Butler,
Pennsylvania to the late Albert Clarence Johnston
and Laura Bell Christy Johnston.
Mr. Johnston worked for 45 years at Penn Dixie
Cement. He raised race horses was a member of the
United State Trotting Association. He enjoyed
playing slots, and going to the dog races. He was a
veteran serving in the United States Marines.
Mr. Johnston is survived by his loving spouse
Margaret whom he married on April 11, 1953, four
sons, John Johnston and his wife Lisa of Butler,
Scott Johnston and his wife Cheryl of Chicora,
Dennis Johnston and his wife Jodi of Butler, PA and
Randy Johnston and his wife Tracey of Butler, PA;
one daughter, Carmen McGallis and her husband Ronald
of Chicora, PA; thirteen grandchildren, Mandy Jack
and her husband Scott, Megan Guntrum and her husband
Curt, Shane, Zach and Dillon Johnston, Tara
Selfridge, Nick and Katie Johnston, Ryan and Brianna
Johnston, Krystal and Veronica Johnston and Amber
Kastelic; eight great grandchildren, Callie Guntrum,
Bradyn Elizabeth and Alex Jack, Logan Smith,
Jonathon and Taylor Perdue and Marlee and Alexis
Tejchman; two sisters, Emma Bresnahan and Eleanor
Williams both of Butler; and also by numerous nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one son and also
by one sister, Catherine Royal and three brothers,
Andy, William and Ralph Johnston.
Friends will be received
Sunday, January 29, 2012 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
at Thompson - Miller
Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street Butler, PA.
Funeral services will be held on Monday,
January 30, 2012 at 1:00 pm at the Thompson-Miller
Funeral Home Inc., 124 East North St. Butler, PA,
with Reverend Mary J. Kitchen of East Butler
Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Burial will take place in the North Butler
Cemetery of Oakland Township.
