Betty S. Johnson
October 1, 1923 –
</span><br />Betty S. Johnson, of Sun City Center, FL, died at the Plaza West Nursing Home Monday, August 8, after a long illness. She was 87.</p>
<p>She was born in Flint, MI, on October 1, 1923, the fourth child of John and Catherine Shayman. She attended Flint Central High School in Flint, MI where she impressed members of the teaching staff who enabled her to win a scholarship to Flint Junior College. One year later, she was awarded a second scholarship to attend Kalamazoo College. Her fellow classmates elected her May Queen during her senior year. She graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1945.</p>
<p>During her sophomore year she met her husband, Robert A. Johnson, at Kalamazoo College. After the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the Navy, and they became engaged. They were married on December 29, 1945.</p>
<p>From 1945 until 1960, she and her husband lived in Kalamazoo, where her daughters Melissa and Elaine were born. From 1957 to 1958 she was president of the Kalamazoo chapter of the American Association of University Women. In 1960 she moved with her family to Westchester County, NY, where she gave birth to her son, Douglas, in Tarrytown. In 1961, the family moved to Pleasantville, NY. She was active with her husband in the Presbyterian Church of Pleasantville, NY, where she sang in the choir. She was a stringer for the Patent Trader, of Mount Kisco, and wrote the Thornwood Notes. From 1978 to 1979 she was president of the Westlake High School American Field Service Committee.</p>
<p>She and her husband moved to Sun City Center in 1986. Following her husband’s death in 1998, she married Armand B. Geyer, also of Sun City on September 3, 2000. After he died in 2006, she moved to Freedom Plaza in Sun City.</p>
<p>She is survived by her sister, Phyllis Gallant, three children, Melissa Hancock, Elaine Ayres (Kenneth), and Douglas Johnson (Risa), four grandchildren, Kenneth Ayres, Jr, Bradley Ayres, Jasper Johnson and Jade Johnson, and one great-grandchild, Kyle Ayres.</p>
<p>A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 2 PM at the United Community Church, 1501 La Jolla Avenue, Sun City Center, FL.</p>
<p>In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to LifePath Hopsice, 3725 Upper Creek Drive, Ruskin, FL, 33573.</p>
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<p>She was born in Flint, MI, on October 1, 1923, the fourth child of John and Catherine Shayman. She attended Flint Central High School in Flint, MI where she impressed members of the teaching staff who enabled her to win a scholarship to Flint Junior College. One year later, she was awarded a second scholarship to attend Kalamazoo College. Her fellow classmates elected her May Queen during her senior year. She graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1945.</p>
<p>During her sophomore year she met her husband, Robert A. Johnson, at Kalamazoo College. After the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the Navy, and they became engaged. They were married on December 29, 1945.</p>
<p>From 1945 until 1960, she and her husband lived in Kalamazoo, where her daughters Melissa and Elaine were born. From 1957 to 1958 she was president of the Kalamazoo chapter of the American Association of University Women. In 1960 she moved with her family to Westchester County, NY, where she gave birth to her son, Douglas, in Tarrytown. In 1961, the family moved to Pleasantville, NY. She was active with her husband in the Presbyterian Church of Pleasantville, NY, where she sang in the choir. She was a stringer for the Patent Trader, of Mount Kisco, and wrote the Thornwood Notes. From 1978 to 1979 she was president of the Westlake High School American Field Service Committee.</p>
<p>She and her husband moved to Sun City Center in 1986. Following her husband’s death in 1998, she married Armand B. Geyer, also of Sun City on September 3, 2000. After he died in 2006, she moved to Freedom Plaza in Sun City.</p>
<p>She is survived by her sister, Phyllis Gallant, three children, Melissa Hancock, Elaine Ayres (Kenneth), and Douglas Johnson (Risa), four grandchildren, Kenneth Ayres, Jr, Bradley Ayres, Jasper Johnson and Jade Johnson, and one great-grandchild, Kyle Ayres.</p>
<p>A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 2 PM at the United Community Church, 1501 La Jolla Avenue, Sun City Center, FL.</p>
<p>In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to LifePath Hopsice, 3725 Upper Creek Drive, Ruskin, FL, 33573.</p>
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