Sally Eileen Edgar Johnston—November 9, 1939—August 5, 2022
Sally Eileen Edgar from Glenview, Ill was at Grinnell College, September 1957—June 1960. In her freshman year she resided in Main Hall (Baffleboard, Religious Activities Board). She also was active in the International Relations Club. Her sophomore year, she moved to Loose Hall and for her junior year she returned to Main Hall as a member of its Baffleboard and the Religious Activities Board. In June 1961 she completed her BA at Denver University in English, and in 1979 she obtained a Teaching Certification from William Patterson College in NJ.
On June 3, 1962, Sally married Edward James Johnston from Clinton, Iowa, another Grinnell College graduate with honors in Classical Languages (1960), who in August 1961 had changed his last name from Leutke, Jr. to Johnston and who pursued graduate studies in theology at three seminaries that resulted in a 1963 Prize for Excellence in New Testament and Greek and Master’s degree in Christian Education in 1964.
Edward James then embarked on a career in the Episcopal Church with service in Manhattan; Mt. Kisco, NY; Kinnelon, NJ; and Rye, NY. During this time Sally served as an employee of Time Incorporated and Historic Hudson Valley (Tarrytown, NY) and as a freelance legal secretary.
In retirement Edward was Honorary Associate at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Harlem and hosted a Bible study every Saturday morning. In 2013, he and Sally became winter residents of Sarasota with a welcome at its St. Boniface Episcopal Church where they participated at Sunday liturgy and music.
Sally and Edward were the parents of Margot Drake Johnston (10/7/67) and Amy Catherine Johnston (8/1/69) and now Sally and Edward are buried together at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Cemetery in Lithgow, New York.
