Evelyn Johnson

Evelyn Ring Cummings Johnson

Canandaigua/Newark---Evelyn Johnson, 76, died on Thursday (May 8, 2008), at her home in Canandaigua, New York.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 A.M. on Tuesday (May 13th) at St. Michael's Church, 325 South Main Street, Newark. Burial will follow in Newark Cemetery.

Memorials in her name may be made to Ontario-Yates Hospice, 756 Pre-Emption Road, Geneva, N.Y. 14456.

Evelyn was born on August 22,1931, in Newark, the daughter Frederic and Margaret Parys Ring. After graduating from Newark High School in 1949, Evie left her hometown to pursue a job in modeling. This eventually led her to an exciting and adventure-filled career as a flight attendant for Colonial Airlines of which she was most proud. She left the airlines to marry and raise her family in Waltham, MA. Following the untimely death of her first husband, Willis A. Cummings, in 1972, she reentered the work force as a secretary, first for the Plympton Elementary School in Waltham and then the Learning Prep School in Newton, MA.

Evie re-married her long-time friend Roger L. Johnson, Sr., in 1998 and happily spent her remaining years residing in Canandaigua. She had a creative and artistic mind that loved beautiful things and had an eye for fashion and interior decorating. Evie enjoyed knitting, embroidery and going "antiquing". She was an avid reader and gardener who enjoyed flowers of all kinds but had a special affinity for roses. Evie was most at peace at home with her husband Roger, surrounded by her gardens, wild birds and beautiful views of her beloved Canandaigua Lake.

She is survived by her devoted and loving husband, Roger, her children Laura R. Cummings (William) of Millbury, MA., Kenneth M. Cummings of Newark, NY and Stuart W. Cummings of Boulder, CO, step-children Jacqueline A. Johnson and Roger L. (Carol) Johnson, Jr. of Newark; grandsons Steven W. Cummings and William M. Fennelly, six step-grandchildren, her sister MaryJane Burke of Richmond, VA, her godchild Dianna Irby (Robert), 2 nieces and 3 nephews.

Remembrances may be sent to www.murphyandsonsfuneralhome.com