Ryegate, VT - Jane Lynn Johnson, 78, passed away Friday, November 3, 2023, unexpectedly at her home. She was born June 16, 1945, in Point Pleasant, NJ. She married Roger Johnson on February 6, 1965. They started their life together in Brick Town, NJ before moving to Plymouth, MA, where Roger was stationed nearby with the Navy. Upon retiring from the Navy, they decided to move to Vermont in 1983. Jane worked at the Ames Dept store from 1985 until it closed. Jane enjoyed gardening, canning, and shopping trips with her daughters, but most of all she adored her 21 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. The family always gathered at her house for every holiday or birthday celebration, and there was never a time when you left her house that she was not standing in the window waving goodbye.

Jane is survived by her daughter Donna Sellers and husband John of Bristol, NH, son Dennis Johnson and wife Danielle of Hollis, NH, daughter Carrie Peters and husband Toby of Groton, VT, son Randy Johnson and wife Jamilynn of East Ryegate VT, daughter Lynn Beland and husband Joe of East Ryegate, VT; 18 grandchildren, Samantha MacMillan, Emily Page, Grace Page, Josiah Page, Meredith Page, Leah Johnson, Jodi Johnson, Damon Ouellette, Aedan Johnson, Brady Johnson, Torie Marshall, Shelby Peters, Luke Peters, Elliott Johnson, Averi Johnson, Drake Beland, Desmond Beland, and Naevia Beland; 3 great-grandchildren, Cody MacMillan, Scarlett MacMillan and newest baby in the family Janey Joy Marshall; her sister in law, Patricia Smith of Newbury, VT, a niece Joy Nungesser of NJ, and a brother, James Clayton of FL.

Jane is predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Roger Johnson; her grandchildren, Erin Johnson, Wyatt Peters, and Charlize Beland; two brothers Harold and Robert Clayton; and her parents, Edmund and Marian Clayton.

There will be a private service held for Jane with the family.

Donations in Jane's name can be made to the Jazzy Children's Fund, 1506 Annis Rd, Groton, VT 05046