Daughter of Marietta Ruth Kegg and Robert Martin Bushnell. She worked at Westinghouse where she met Frederick Lyman Talcott, Jr., an engineer. They were married on June 29, 1943, and moved with their four children to Upper Arlington in 1954. Fred died in 1957, and she later married the Rev. Eldred Wayne Johnston, Jr., a widower with three children, and they adopted each other's children. She worked for a law firm in Columbus. Eldred died in 1998, and she moved to First Community Village in 2010. She was an accomplished artist and painted over 700 paintings, mostly watercolors. She was a member of the Upper Arlington Art League, the Worthington Ohio Art League, and the Central Ohio Watercolor Society (COWS). She also volunteered with the League of Women Voters and was a longtime member of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. She was preceded in death by her two husbands; parents; sisters, Mary B. Colhoun and Marjorie B. Popovich; and daughter, Sylvia Ray Orehowsky, who died in 1979. She is survived by six children, Eldred W. Johnston III, of Monterey, CA, Constance J. Doyle of Ann Arbor, MI, Kathleen Dinneweth (Robert) of Washington, GA, Marjorie J. Mack (William) of Riva, MD, Frederick L. Talcott V (Nancy) of Berkeley, CA, and Dora J. Lapworth (William) of Redwood City, CA; 11 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren.
Daughter of Marietta Ruth Kegg and Robert Martin Bushnell. She worked at Westinghouse where she met Frederick Lyman Talcott, Jr., an engineer. They were married on June 29, 1943, and moved with their four children to Upper Arlington in 1954. Fred died in 1957, and she later married the Rev. Eldred Wayne Johnston, Jr., a widower with three children, and they adopted each other's children. She worked for a law firm in Columbus. Eldred died in 1998, and she moved to First Community Village in 2010. She was an accomplished artist and painted over 700 paintings, mostly watercolors. She was a member of the Upper Arlington Art League, the Worthington Ohio Art League, and the Central Ohio Watercolor Society (COWS). She also volunteered with the League of Women Voters and was a longtime member of Saint Mark's Episcopal Church. She was preceded in death by her two husbands; parents; sisters, Mary B. Colhoun and Marjorie B. Popovich; and daughter, Sylvia Ray Orehowsky, who died in 1979. She is survived by six children, Eldred W. Johnston III, of Monterey, CA, Constance J. Doyle of Ann Arbor, MI, Kathleen Dinneweth (Robert) of Washington, GA, Marjorie J. Mack (William) of Riva, MD, Frederick L. Talcott V (Nancy) of Berkeley, CA, and Dora J. Lapworth (William) of Redwood City, CA; 11 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren.
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