Clergy Road Victim to be Laid to Rest Today
Rev Shiela Johnson of Derrybeg will be laid to rest today after tragically dying in a single-vehicle collision near Glenties on Wednesday afternoon.
Rev Johnson, in her 80s, was travelling with her husband Rev Canon Stanley Johnson, who was also injured in the collision and treated for non-life threatening injuries at Letterkenny University Hospital.
The couple arrived in Donegal in 2001, having served in the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh from 1989 to 2001. Canon Johnson was instituted as Rector of Clondehorkey and Mevagh, while Rev Johnson was appointed Priest-in-Charge of the neighbouring Parish of Clondevaddock.
They served in their Donegal parishes until their retirement in 2009 and had since made their home in Derrybeg. The sudden passing of the mother of three has caused deep sadness, with tributes pouring in from the many communities she served.
Author's summary: Rev Shiela Johnson dies in collision.