CANTON – Irene S. Johnston, 97, formerly of Concord Apartments in Rumford, died Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Victorian Villa Rehabilitation and Living Center, Canton. She was a lifelong resident of the Rumford area and recently lived in Canton.

She was born in Rumford, April 20, 1908, the daughter of George B. and Sarah (Stratton) Storer, and graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford Class of 1926.

She had been employed at the Rumford Power and Light Co., and then for the Rumford Falls Trust, which became the Maine National Bank, where she worked as a teller until retirement in 1973.

She was a life member of Mount Zircon Chapter, O.E.S., a member of the Town and Garden Club, and a former member of the Rumford Book Club and the Murray Club.

She was married in Rumford on Sept. 19, 1928, to John M. Johnston Sr.; he died in Rumford on May 13, 1956.

Survivors include a son, John M. Johnston Jr., and wife, Sonja, of Rumford; two grandsons, John M. Johnston III of Lewiston and Jay C. Johnston of Rumford; two granddaughters, Judith Richardson and husband, Wayne, of South Rumford, and Jolene Troiano and husband, Pasquale, of Scarborough; a great-grandson, John Johnston IV of Lewiston; and five great-granddaughters, Darien and Sarena Richardson of South Rumford, Christina Troiano of Scarborough, and Sarah and Vanessa Johnston of Lewiston.

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