Nancy Jane Welty Johnston
Nancy Jane Welty Johnston, 94, of Washington, died on Sunday, December 18th, 2022 at home.
She was born September 4, 1928, in Ligonier a daughter of the late Lucien Earl Welty and Nelly Catherine Withrow Welty.
She attended Boucher Grade School in Ligonier Township, Ligonier High School for two years and graduated from Latrobe High School in 1946. Nancy graduated from General Motors Dealer Accounting School in Pittsburgh and worked for Welty Motors in Latrobe.
On September 25, 1952 she married Harry R. Johnston, formerly of Latrobe, who survives, and they celebrated 70 years of marriage. Nancy worked for various auto dealers in Washington, and was a financial secretary for the Visiting Nurse Assoc.
She was a member of her much loved Good Neighbor Club of McClane Farm Road in Chartiers Twp. serving a term as President. She was a member of the Current Events Club in Washington serving two terms as President. She was a 60 year plus member of the Church of the Covenant serving as a church school teacher and as a deacon. She was an avid reader and enjoyed doing crossword puzzles. She was loved by many and always considered others before herself. She was a wonderful wife and friend. She was also a wonderful mother and raised four loving children.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two beloved sons, Earl Ryan Johnston and Paul Clayton Johnston; and by her three brothers, Harry Earl Welty, Robert Lucien Welty and George Hoon Welty; and three nephews, Thomas Welty, James Welty and Allen Welty.
She is survived by her husband; and her precious daughters, Catherine Helen Runyan (Timon) of Calif. and Carol Jane Johnston of Canonsburg; and three grandchildren, Amy Lynn Johnston Clement (Chad) KC, Ryan Curtis Johnston (Liz), Billings, Mont.; Samuel Berridge (Cassie) of Canonsburg. She also had five great- grandchildren; Deegen Stansbury of Phoenix, Ariz., Emma Johnston, of Billings, Mont., Michael and Joseph Clement (twins), KC, and Masina Berridge of Canonsburg.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m., Thursday, December 22, the time of service, in The Church of the Covenant, 267 E Beau Street, Washington. Interment will be private at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. Arrangements are entrusted to Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Directors, Inc., Charles R. Piatt, owner/supervisor, Andrew C. Piatt, director. Online condolences may be expressed at www.piattandbarnhillfh.com.