From your friend Phylis
Carol Johnston (26 Sep 1943 - 25 Jan 2021)
Funeral Director
In loving memory of Carol Elaine Ruth Johnston who sadly passed away on 25th January 2021.
Carol was born to William (Bill) and Margaret (Maggie) Lewis on 26th September 1943 in Bermondsey, London. She was the second youngest of five siblings and throughout their lives always maintained a close relationship with her brother and sisters.
She was happily married to Ray Johnston who sadly lost his relatively short battle with cancer at the age of just 43 in 1986. Carol did go on to later find love and companionship again with Stan Daniels and they enjoyed their time together until his sad passing. Carol has three children, Raymond, Clare and David. She was also Nanna to six grandchildren - Rachel, Oliver, Ed, Luke, Holly and Owen.
Carol had always attended the Catholic church, her faith was very important to her. It gave us great comfort that Carol had such faith in her journey ahead. She took up several voluntary roles within the church including helping with trips to Lourdes, she managed the church Credit Union and became a voluntary minister, delivering communion into the homes of those parishioners that were ill or unable to attend. Carol loved singing in the church choir and in her later years joined the Canvey Community Choir - we all really enjoyed attending her performances. She also enjoyed her walking club, The Women's Institute and the company of her many friends, particularly Margaret Decruz and Phyllis Johnson who always kept in contact.
Her main pleasure in life was always spending time with her children and grandchildren. She had a wonderful sense of humour and always enjoyed playing with the children - from putting on an impromptu performance of Little Red Riding Hood, to playing her favourite board games. Carol was immensely proud of her family, and leaves behind nothing but happy and beautiful memories.
Everyone who knew Carol knows that she was kind, gentle and loving. She always saw the best in people and appreciated all that she had, despite losing so many loved ones along the way - she will always remain such an inspriration to us all. We feel extremely lucky to have had Carol in our lives during her 77 years and we are very grateful for every single one of them.
Throughout her battle with dementia Carol always remained happy and was as sweet as she always was.
Forever in our hearts.
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