{"id":16292,"date":"2025-08-20T07:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=16292"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:05:12","slug":"mildred-mae-johnston-93-of-mason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/16292-mildred-mae-johnston-93-of-mason\/","title":{"rendered":"Mildred Mae Johnston (93) of Mason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Mildred Mae Johnston, age 93, of Mason, Illinois, passed away at 5:30 PM \u2013 Monday, August 18, 2025, at The Glenwood Assisted Living of Effingham, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services will be at 12:00 PM (Noon) &#8211; Monday, August 25, 2025, at St John Lutheran Church, 22775 Co Rd 700N, Dieterich, Illinois, with Pastor Dean Herberts officiating. The burial will be in the St John Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 10:00 AM, until service time. In loving memory of Mildred, memorials may be made to the St John Lutheran Church. Arrangements are under the care of the Meyer Funeral Home in Dieterich, Illinois. The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at\u00a0www.meyerfh.com.<\/p>\n<p>Mildred was born on May 19, 1932, in Effingham County, Illinois, the daughter of Elmer and Emma (Bohnhoff) Fopay. She married Leslie Earl Johnston on October 6, 1951, at Saint John Lutheran Church, and he preceded her in death on June 22, 2009. Mildred was a member of St John Lutheran Church. She enjoyed raising flowers, gardening, sewing, quilting, cross stitching, needle point, ceramics and painting. Mildred was an excellent cook and gave of her time as a volunteer.<\/p>\n<p>Mildred is survived by: Children \u2013 Danny (Brenda) Johnston of Mason, Illinois and Kathy (Glenn) Breedlove of Greenup, Illinois; Grandchildren -Shannon (Mark) Pearcy, Jeffrey (Samantha) Breedlove, Samantha (Kraig) Rubin, Melanie (Benjamin) Stassart and Leslie (Reid) Davis; Great Grandchildren \u2013 Chelsea (Dylan) Walden, Cameron Pearcy, Justin Chastain, Allie Davis, Everett Breedlove, Makenzie Breedlove, Madeline Breedlove, Dominic Rubin, Lydia Rubin, and Zane Stassart; Great Grandchildren \u2013 Rhett Walden and Raylan Walden; Sister \u2013 Dorothy Stirrett of Dieterich, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, husband, children Allan Johnston, Linda Chastain, and Doyle Johnston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mildred died the afternoon of Monday, August 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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