MONMOUTH – Doris Evelyn Andrews Johnson passed away peacefully at home on Nov. 11, surrounded by her devoted family.

She was born Oct. 9, 1907, in Revere, Mass., the daughter of Eugene and Annie (Garrett) Andrews. The family moved to Maine when she was four. She spent most of her childhood in Monmouth. She briefly moved to Auburn where she graduated from Edward Little High School in 1926. She continued her education at Westbrook College, then known as Westbrook Seminary for Young Ladies.

She married Edward Douglass Johnson on Nov. 27, 1933. They spent most of their married life in Monmouth. Edward died in 1967. She devoted herself to being a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her family and friends were her life. She loved her home where she raised her children and two granddaughters. Her many friends and neighbors gave her lifelong joy.

She enjoyed memberships in the Boynton Chapter of the Eastern Star, the Monmouth United Church and the Now and Then Bridge Club. She was employed by the Monmouth Telephone Co. for a short time before her marriage and served as head usher for the Gilbert and Sullivan Theater at Monmouth during the 1950s.

She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Willgress and her husband, Edwin, of Mundelein, Ill. her granddaughters, Jessica Wilson, of Kingston, N.J., and Victoria Townley and her husband, Stephen, of Readfield; her grandsons, Benjamin Willgress and his wife, Christine, of St. Michael, Minn., and Andrew Willgress, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Johnson, the wife of the late Ernest H. Johnson, of Monmouth; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her eldest daughter and son-in-law, Sara Lou and Jay Wilson, an infant son, and her brother, Dr. Warren Andrews.

The family is deeply indebted to Dr. Maxwell Barus, Paula Parsons and all of Doris’ caregivers who so lovingly cared for her in her final years. She would be honored to have donations made in her memory to Cumston Public Library or Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, who brought such peace to her last week of life.

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