Rose Theresa Johnson

Maple Mount Sister Rose Theresa Johnson, 81, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Aug. 10 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 64th year of religious life. She was a native of St. Lawrence.
She was born Lucy Mae Johnson to the late Damien David and Catherine Morris Johnson. She was a wonderful primary grades teacher for 38 years in schools throughout Kentucky, a gentle, prayerful woman who enjoyed teaching her students to act out the parables.
She taught at St. Elizabeth School, Curdsville (1956-58, 1965-72), Blessed Mother (1972-77) and Precious Blood (1982-83) schools in Owensboro, Mary Carrico School, Knottsville (1977-78), and St. Mary Magdalene School, Sorgho (1983-85). She taught in many other Kentucky schools and served as parish and outreach minister in Marion, Eddyville, and Caneyville. From 1999-2012, she ministered as a pastoral associate at St. Joseph Catholic Center, Greenville.
Survivors include four sisters, Mary Howell, Owensboro, Alma Victoria Higdon, Clarkson, Mary Eveyleen Melton, Cedar Hill, Tenn., and Sister Rose Karen Johnson, OSU, Greenville; one brother, Frank Johnson, Evansville, Ind.; nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community.
The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mount Saint Joseph, where visitation will begin Sunday at 4 p.m., with a wake service following at 6:30 p.m.
Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, Owensboro, is in charge of arrangements.
Gifts in memory of Sister Rose Theresa Johnson may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.