Pearl Alice Hanson Johnson was born in Shelley, Idaho on Dec. 8, 1925. Her parents were Melvin Hanson and Lillian Mathilda Beckstrand Hanson. She was the fourth of 11 children. She graduated from Shelley High School, and immediately attended Utah State University in Logan, for one year. She worked as a doctor's receptionist and bookkeeper in her younger years.

Pearl and her sweetheart, Rene Merlin Johnson, had known each other all their lives. They kindled their love after Rene returned from serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After Rene returned home from his mission to Sweden, Rene and Pearl were married on June 2, 1949, in the Idaho Falls Temple. Together they had seven children: Corinne, Barbara, Douglas, Margaret, Virginia, Gordon, and Roger.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asked Rene to manage the New York/New Jersey Farm in 1961, so the family packed their U-Haul and moved east for many years. In 1963, the family moved to Maryland to manage Bountiful Farms along the Maryland coast.

In 1965, the family settled down in the suburbs of Washington D.C. As Pearl's children got older, she had the opportunity to go back to school. She received her Master's Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Maryland.

In 1980, Rene and Pearl purchased a farm in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. they turned an old tobacco farm into "The Johnson Family Berry Farm." Many of their family members remember this farm very fondly.

In 1986, the family made the decision to move back west to Salt Lake City, Utah. Pearl and Rene were retired and devoted their time to family history. In 1988-1989 they served as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Stockholm Sweden Mission. Pearl had many callings in the church over the years. She also enjoyed crocheting and would donate around 40 afghans for newborns.

Pearl devoted her life to education, and above all else, her family. She touched the lives of all those around her and loved them deeply.

Pearl leaves behind her loving children: Barbara (Dennis) Massey, Douglas (Lucinda) Johson, Virginia (Ned) Black, Gordon (Gertrude) Johnson, and Roger (Whitney) Johnson, 38 grandchildren, and over 100 great-grandchildren, and her last surviving sister, Alva Lu.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin and Lillian, her husband, Rene, and two daughters: Corinne (Jay) Hall and Margaret (Nick) Itri, and her siblings, Maida, Lawrence, Lucy, Keith, Lola, Fonnie, Grace, Norma, and Ralph.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 225 W. 500 N., in Salt Lake City. Interment at Redwood Memorial Cemetery in West Jordan, Utah, next to her sweetheart, Rene.