Dolores (Irene) Hanigan Johnson was born in Denver, Colorado on January 9, 1920, to Joseph and Melita Hanigan. Her mother died before Dolores was four years old and her father took her to live in California on 75th Street in Los Angeles. Living nearby was the Sundbom family where she met what was to become her lifelong friend, Agnes. When Dolores was seven her father married Ruth Strange.
Dolores graduated from Fremont High School in 1938 and then attended Los Angeles Community College where she earned her A.A. degree in 1940 and later went on to work for the Southern California Gas Company until her retirement.
Dolores married her high school sweetheart, Arthur Johnson, on June 29, 1942 at Immanuel Lutheran Church just days before Art reported for active duty with the Army where he served in Europe for three and a half years. After the war, Dolores and Art built their home in Ladera Heights(lot was $3,500, house $15,000) where she lived until her death. Their marriage lasted for more than 50 years.
Dolores and Art traveled all over the world including Sweden (many times to visit Art’s relatives), China, Yugoslavia, Morocco, Canada and much of the United States. After Art’s death in 2001, Dolores continued to travel with friends and make an annual trip with her goddaughter Louise to Red Bluff, CA to visit her friend Agnes and goddaughter Diane. She was with her friend when Agnes died in 2011.
Dolores loved keeping busy. She enjoyed spending time at Grace Lutheran Church, including serving on the Church Council for many years. She always had a cat and in her later years often took care of the feral cats in her neighborhood. She was an avid reader of the Los Angeles Times, reading it cover to cover, especially to keep up with the Lakers, and kept a pile of books next to her bed, where she often read late into the night. She also loved going out to eat with friends and socializing with people of all ages and was always interested to learn about everyone she met.
Dolores was known for her beautiful smile, sparkling eyes, wry sense of humor, and interest in everyone she met, no matter their age or position. She will be sorely missed by her many friends and loved ones.
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