Mary Ann (nee Moser) Johnstone died on January 2, 2025 in Richmond, Kentucky. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1929 to John August Moser and Ann Thomas George. She grew up on the family farm in Oldham County. She attended the University of Kentucky where she met her husband Robert Lawrence (Bob) Johnstone. They were married in 1948 and moved to the Johnstone family farm in Todd County. While living in Todd County their three sons were born. Bob returned to the University of Kentucky for his master's degree and the family moved to the University of Illinois in Champaign for his doctorate degree. The family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where Bob worked as an agricultural extension specialist for North Carolina State University. While living in North Carolina their daughter, Sarah, was born. They then moved to Berea where Bob was chairman of the Agriculture Department.
She was a stay-at-home mother all this time. She resumed her college career in Berea and graduated from Berea College in 1968. After graduation, she taught at Berea Community School until her retirement.
Bob and Mary Ann traveled extensively and enjoyed his sabbatical in Christchurch, New Zealand where they made life-long friends. After retirement they moved to Richmond. After Bob's death Mary Ann moved to McCready Manor which she dearly loved and was active in many activities especially the bridge club.
Mary Ann was a life-long Episcopalian and an active member of St. Hubert's Episcopal Church since 1990. Mary Ann was affectionately known as "Pete" to her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her two sisters and survived by her children:
John Moser Johnstone (Sandy), Frank Andrew Johnstone (Janet), William Henry Johnstone (Brenda) and Sarah Beaumont Hempel (Louis) as well as seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at St. Hubert's Episcopal Church on Jan. 18, 2025 at 1 p.m., with interment to follow in St. Hubert's Graveyard with a reception immediately thereafter in the undercroft of the church. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to St. Hubert's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 21987, Lexington, Kentucky 40522 or McCready Telford Foundation (with McCready Manor in the memo line), 300 Stocker Drive, Richmond, Kentucky 40475.
