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Legacy – Boston Globe
JOHNSON, Rev. Richard G. Age 94, died peacefully on March 2, 2017 at the Sancta Maria Nursing Facility in Cambridge. “Father Dick” as he was known was born in Peabody, MA on August 11, 1922 and was raised in Marblehead. He graduated from St. John’s Prep in 1939 and Holy Cross College in 1943 where he served as the President of the Purple Key Society. Upon graduating from Holy Cross, Father Johnson went to St. John’s Seminary in Brighton and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1947. His assignments included St. Mary’s, Ayer; St. Mary’s, Lynn; Sacred Heart, Roslindale; Star of the Sea, Salisbury and St. Mary’s Star of the Sea, Beverly, from which he retired in 1997.
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