Obituary of Barbara Johnstone
After valiantly facing cancer, Barbara went to spend eternity with her Lord and Saviour on July 23, 2006. Born on May 16th, 1930 Cambridge, Mass to Fred and Dorothy (Millar) Johnson. Barbara and her family came from Oxford, Nova Scotia when she was six years old, to a farm of her Uncle Seldon Dixon. Often she related many happy memories of life growing up in Cumberland county where things were always, "right some good"! After completing her education, Barbara pursued her calling in Nursing as a graduate of Highland View Hospital in Amherst, NS as an RN in 1953. On September 4th, 1954, Barbara wed Ronald James Rockwell of Amherst, NS. Raising three daughters, Jo-Ann, Jillian and Megan created a momentary "pause" in her nursing career which she resumed as a geriatric nurse in Halifax at several local nursing homes. In 1980, Ron, Barb and Megan left Halifax for Kenosha, Wisconsin when a "Dream Job" presented itself for Ron in Barbershop music. In 1995, Barbara returned to Canada to "retire" in Perry Settlement, making a lovely home for herself and her "girls", next to her daughter Jill and her family. She ran a Cat House, the "girls" most recently entrusted to her care were her cats; Zo