Patricia Jo Johnson, 81

Patricia Jo Johnson, 81, a resident of Palatine since 1968, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at the Pepper Family Hospice in Barrington.

Pat was born on June 2, 1930 in Noel, Missouri, the daughter of the late Kenneth and Beatrice (Petty) Bolin.  After graduation from Springfield High School in Springfield, Missouri, she attended Southwest Missouri State University.

Pat was the beloved wife for 39 years of the late Clifford Hill Johnson, Jr., loving mother of Susan (Tim) Halligan of Westlake Village, California and Amy (Warren) Bank of Scottsdale, Arizona, and grandmother of Jennifer and Anna Halligan.

Always involved in her community, Pat was a Camp Fire Girl leader, active in PTA, and loved being a mom. She was and continued to be enthusiastically involved in politics, both locally and nationally, and was a proud member of DAR and Questers. Since 1968, her neighborhood Bingo group continued to add monthly fun and camaraderie with good friends. Pat loved to learn and travel. She had visited at least 25 countries, and it is safe to say she had read thousands of books.

In honor of Pat, memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.

 A memorial service will be held on Thursday, December 1 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 337 Ridge Road, Barrington Hills. Interment will be private.