Molly Ann Johnson

Born in Indianapolis on March 5, 1979, Molly moved on to another dimension on October 29, 2021. Her life was full of love from, and for, family and friends. She was blessed with many talents, as a champion swimmer, musician, singer, actress, artist, storyteller, and great sense of humor. Molly graduated from St. Lawrence Grade School and attended Cathedral and Chatard High Schools, graduating from Chatard in 1997. She also attended Ball State University. Molly worked as a cosmetologist, medical assistant, and earned her real estate license while working for FC Tucker Real Estate Company. She could light up a room and was a brightly shining star until she became a prisoner of drugs. As hard as she tried, time and again, she could not escape from their grip. In the end, fentanyl was her executioner. We build more and more prisons and incarcerate people who are already imprisoned by drug addiction. We need to develop better ways to treat this scourge and provide more mental health facilities that are open, accessible, and affordable to those in need. Molly was preceded in death by her grandparents, Dr. Paul and Virginia Kirkhoff, and Margaret and Scott Johnson. She leaves behind her beloved son, Sammy, who never gave up hope that she would turn it all around, and a daughter, Jane. Her mother, Jane Kirkhoff Maguire and husband Jim, and her father, Paul Johnson and wife Carol D'Amico, and her sister Sarah Pollard and husband Chuck, and sister Kate Croswell, mourn her passing, as do her niece Ellie and nephew Max Pollard. Her many uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews, and sisters, brothers, nephews and nieces by marriage, all share in the sorrow of her loss. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Feeney Hornak Keystone Mortuary, 2126 E. 71st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46220. A visitation will take place an hour prior to the service. Contributions may be made in her name to NAMI Indiana at 921 E. 86th Street #130, Indianapolis, IN 46240 or Community Fairbanks Recovery Center at 8102 Clearvista Pkwy, Indianapolis, IN 46256. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Feeney Hornak Keystone Mortuary.