O B I T U A R Y

Bernice “Bunny” Billings Johnson

WINTER HARBOR–Bernice “Bunny” Billings Johnson was born on April 6, 1943, in Bar Harbor the daughter of Yvonne N. Billings and William W. Billings Sr. Bernice passed away on Aug. 18, 2016, at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family.

Bernice attended grammar school in Gouldsboro and graduated from Sumner Memorial High School in 1961. She met her husband Kittridge A. Johnson in 1958 and they were married on May 26, 1962, at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, IL. Their first son, Allan Higgins Johnson, was born in 1963. After Kit’s tour of duty in the Air Force was finished, they returned to Downeast Maine. They lived in Prospect Harbor for a short while and in 1968 their second son, Christopher Shelby Johnson was born.

Kit and Bunny bought their first house in Winter Harbor and Kit started lobster fishing. Bunny helped Kit by painting buoys, managing their finances and raising their two sons. Some of Bunny’s favorite things were reading and writing for the Fishermen’s Voice. She was also a very talented artist and painted many beautiful oil paintings. She also was known in the area as an avid target shooter. She would enter many local area turkey shoots and come home with plenty of turkeys for the freezer.

Bunny is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Kittridge A. Johnson; her son Alan and his wife Michelle; her son Christopher and his wife, Crystal. She also leaves behind five grandchildren, Jennifer Johnson, Brittany Johnson, Gregory Johnson, Danielle and Brandon Johnson and his wife Courtney. She also has four great-grandchildren, Laura Lei Holly Wood, Alden Theodore Johnson, Danica Jean and Mya Parritt. She is also survived by three siblings, William Billings Jr., Michael Billings and Marga-ret Norton and their spouses. She also has many nieces and nephews.

Bunny was predeceased byher parents, Yvonne and William Billings, and her in-laws, Evelyn and Thedore Johnson. There was a celebration of Bunny’s life held on Aug. 28, 2016 at the Winter Harbor gymnasium.

The family requests that donations be made to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth.