Jean Roy April Johnson was born on August 1, 1935. She passed peacefully, at home, in the arms of Christ and He carried her with Him into eternal life on May 21, 2020 at age 84. A family ceremony was conducted at St. Bernard Memorial Gardens, in Chalmette, on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. She is also interred at this site.
She was born and raised in New Orleans and moved to Chalmette in 1955 at the start of raising her family, she then lived in Metairie the past 28 years.
She is preceded in death by her parents Denny and Ursula Roy and husband Harvey Johnson. And is survived by step-sister Denise Roy Waters and children Bobby April (Charlene), Melanie and Michael April; 8 grandchildren, Jennifer Chenevert Bradbury (Allen) Catherine and Adam Chenevert, Bobby April III (Laura), Julie April Smith (Jonah), Jamie April Quartano (Ross), Angie April Szush (Jeff), Jackie April Merkel (Ben). And 6 great-grandchildren, Olivia April, Ava and Ford Smith, Bruce, Abrahm and Collins Quartano.
She was a deeply devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She always, always put family and their spouse’s before self and committed her life to them. Her true love in life was being with and surrounded by them.
Her home was a gallery, filled with rooms of photo’s, through 6 generations, ranging from her grandparents to her great-grandchildren.
She enjoyed competing in sports as a younger woman and remained an avid sports fan and had a life-long love of reading. She was an incredible cook who taught her granddaughters the art of “Louisiana Cooking” and loved feeding the family her great meals. Her hobby was to ensure the stray cats that visited her yard and squirrels and birds that were housed in her beautiful trees were always well-fed.
“Miss Jean” will be deeply missed by the many who knew and loved her. She was the nicest person anyone could ever met. In lieu of flowers, send donation to the animal adoption center in her name: SpayMart, P.O. Box 6493, Metairie, LA 70009.
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