Obituary: Joan Charlotte Johnson Allen Murphy
ESSEX JCT., Vt. - Joan Charlotte Johnson Allen Murphy of Essex Jct., Vt., went home to be with her Lord and .
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Joan Charlotte Johnson Allen Murphy
ESSEX JCT., Vt. – Joan Charlotte Johnson Allen Murphy of Essex Jct., Vt., went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Feb. 22, 2021. She passed away only three short months after her husband, Joseph Murphy. They would have been married 50 years on February 12th.Joan was born on Jan. 14, 1937, to James G. Johnson and Charlotte B. Fairbanks in Portland, Maine. She was the eldest of five siblings.Joan graduated from Portland High School in 1956 where she was extremely active and very well liked. She was a cheerleader for four years and head cheerleader her senior year. She was also captain of the swim team, and a member of the softball and volleyball teams. She had the lead role in her senior class play “Professor, How Could You?” She received a full scholarship from