Mary Clare Johnson

MARY CLARE OSBORN JOHNSON, 86, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025, AT THE HARBOR HOSPICE IN PORTLAND, TEXAS.

SHE WAS BORN ON THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY 1939, IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE PHILIP GILES OSBORN AND ESTELLE OSBORN.

MARY CLARE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND OF FIFTY-TWO YEARS ROBERT “BOB” JOHNSON OF HAMILTON, OHIO, THEIR SON JAMES “JAMIE” JOHNSON OF OXFORD, OHIO, ONE GRANDSON ALEX GILES WYNN, AND MARY CLARE’S BROTHER PHILLIP OSBORN OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROCKPORT, TEXAS.

MARY CLARE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER CYNTHIA LISA WYNN JOHNSON, HER SISTER-IN-LAW (MRS. PHILIP) MARY OSBORN OF SAN ANTONIO AND THEIR SON CHRISTOPHER OSBORN AND DAUGHTER KATY OSBORN ROHN; MARY CLARE’S GRANDNIECES LILY AND BELLA, THE DAUGHTERS OF NEPHEW CHRISTOPHER OSBORN AND HIS SPOUSE JESSICA OSBORN; GRANDNEPHEW AUSTIN ROHR AND GRANDNIECE MAKENZIE ROHN, THE CHILDREN OF NIECE KATY OSBORN ROHR AND HER HUSBAND MIKE ROHR.

MARY CLARE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER RICHARD STAGG SR OF SAN ANTONIO, HIS SON RICHARD STAGG II, HIS SPOUSE SARAH AND HIS SON CASEY STAGG AND HIS SPOUSE AMBER, THE PARENTS OF GRANDNEPHEW JAX; AND THEIR SISTER LOGAN BOST.

A GRADUATE OF PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL’S CLASS OF 1958, MARY CLARE WAS KNOWN AS “KAYO” TO THE BAND OF CLASSMATES WHO SERVED AS SISTERS TO EACH OTHER ALL THROUGH THE PAST SEVEN DECADES, PARTICIPATING IN WEDDINGS, BECOMING “AUNTS” TO EVERYONE’S CHILDREN, AND COMFORTING EACH OTHER AT THE LOSS OF OUR PARENTS, SPOUSES, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY.

AFTER EARNING HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING IN 1962 AT INCARNATE WORD COLLEGE IN SAN ANTONIO, MARY CLARE MADE HER DUTIES AS A REGISTERED NURSE TO OTHERS IN MANY PROFESSIONAL AND ADMIRABLE WAYS. DURING THE EARLY 1960’S, MARY CLARE WAS HEAD NURSE ON THE WARDS OF SEVERAL HOSPITALS IN SAN ANTONIO; THE RESIDENT RN FOR TWO SUMMERS AT CAMP MYSTIC FOR GIRLS IN HUNT, TEXAS, BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE USAF NATIONAL GUARDS (1965-1969) WHERE SHE WAS A USAF CAPTAIN SERVING AS A FLIGHT NURSE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

MOVING TO OXFORD, OHIO, WITH HER NEW HUSBAND BOB JOHNSON, SHE WORKED AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND SUPERVISED TRAINING FOR NEW NURSES. NOT SURPRISING TO ANY OF US, FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, MARY CLARE WAS ON CALL AS THE RN OF THE OXFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT’S LIFE SQUAD, DOCUMENTED BY AN OXFORD NEWSPAPER CLIPPING WITH A PHOTO OF HER AT THE SCENE OF A CAR CRASH USING THE “JAWS OF LIFE” THAT WAS LARGER THAN HERSELF.

AFTER RETIREMENT FROM ACTIVE NURSING, MARY CLARE, BOB, AND CYNTHIA TRADED THE SNOW OF OHIO FOR THE TEXAS SANDS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO’S COASTAL TOWN OF FULTON, TEXAS, KEEPING VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR WELL-EARNED SENIOR LIVING STYLE.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 20, 2025 AT SACRED HEART CHURCH, 209 N CHURCH ST, ROCKPORT, TX 78382 WITH VISITATION AT 8:30, ROSARY AT  9:15 AND MASS AT 10:00. FATHER BILL MORRELL WILL BE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT ARANSAS MEMORIAL PARK, 1520 TX-188, ROCKPORT, TX 78382.