Blanche Henrietta Johnson

Blanche was born August 13th,1934 to Dorothy Ann Currier and Henry Tuttle. She was raised in Portland, Maine where she attended Portland Public Schools. She spent many years working, packing fish for $0.20/cents an hour on Commercial St. at the Portland Fishing Pier. Later she took a job at Jason & Company, and eventually moved on to watching kids in her local neighborhood. She was one of 10 children, predeceased by her siblings, Irving, Robert, George, Delia, Henry, Maude, and James. Surviving siblings Pauline Sherman of South Portland and Alexander Bourgious of Tennessee.

On April 1st 1957 she married Ernest Everett Johnson. They went on to have three children, Ernest "Ernie" Johnson II of Portland and wife Kathy, Rose Olmsted of Portland and husband Timothy and April Johnson of Portland. Blanche and Ernest had five grandchildren Ernest Johnson III of Portland, Darcy Tarr and husband Scott of Portland, Jonathon Olmsted of Portland, Ashley Olmsted and Alberto Gonzalez of Sanford and Michael Johnson of Portland.

Blanche had many pleasures in life, making herself and others laugh brought her a lot of joy. She had a love for cats, bingo, crafting and scratch tickets. When her grandkids were young she enjoyed watching them and attending their sporting events. She was an avid Seadogs fan, and collected sporting cards with her husband for fun. Her and Ernest spent many summers camping at Sebago Lake with their family. Blanche spent many hours making crafts of all sorts and often times gifting them to others. Her and Ernest would take on the challenge of completing 1000 piece puzzles together. They also loved to dance and sing karaoke with their friends.

The family would like to thank the Portland Center for Assisted Living along with the Maine Medical Center Emergency Department for their exceptional care.

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