Patricia Ann Johnston

YORK- Patricia Ann (Dunkel) Johnston, 92, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at York Hospital. She was the wife of Arthur Edwin Johnston, to whom she was married for 52 years before his passing on July 4, 2008. Born on November 3, 1926 in Rochester, NY, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur Dwight and Georgia (Osborn) Dunkel. She graduated from Wellesley College and obtained her Masters from Columbia University. She worked as a college-level teacher of English at the North Carolina School of the Arts, owned a real estate business with her husband in Winston-Salem, NC, where she was a member of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church for more than 50 years, and was a published author of works that included the novel Forever and a Day. Her latest work was a book of poetry Community College that she published just last year. She was most recently a member of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, which her grandfather Dunkel built and where he was the first minister. She was unfaltering in expressing an important sense of fairness for all people, was never without a smile, and she enjoyed a lifetime of travel near and far, around the United States and throughout the world, to visit loved ones and to see important places in history. Patricia is survived by daughter Margaret Ann (Johnston) Ohlenschlaeger of Atlanta; son William Johnston and wife, Susan of Indianapolis; daughter Elizabeth (Johnston) Arbittier and husband, Douglas of York; nine grandchildren, Zachary Overton, Eleanor (Overton) Sigers, Andrew Overton, Thomas Ohlenschlaeger, Kathryn Johnston, Bonnie Arbittier, Jacob Arbittier, Rose Arbittier and Jonathan Arbittier; and three great grandchildren, Noah Sigers, Emily Sigers and Owen Sigers. She is preceded in death by a daughter, Georgia Kathryn Johnston and a brother, Robert Dunkel. The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff at Country Meadows of Leader Heights and York Hospital for their outstanding care and kindness during recent weeks. Arrangements are incomplete but will consist of a private family service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 West 44th Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10036 (bcrf@bcrf.org) or Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, 418 E 34th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205.