Jean C. Johnson ’75

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Moretown, VT
Jean Conrad Johnson of Moretown, Vt passed away peacefully at home with her husband by her side, Colman Johnson on July 3rd, 2025. Jean was born and raised in Moretown.
Jean was a graduate of St Michael’s College 4-year art degree program in Colchester, Vt. After college and marrying the love of her life, Colman Johnson, they moved to the Boston area where she worked for many years in a bookstore owned by her in laws at Harvard Square.
Returning to Duxbury, Vt in 1993, she worked as a bank teller and became a long-term employee at Community National Bank in Montpelier, Vt. Together with her husband Colman, she also ran a small shop out of her home for years where they sold vintage furniture and Jean’s art work, called “The Spotter’s Shop.”
Jean loved to express herself in her art which often depicted her love of horses and scenes of rural Vt. She painted in oils on canvas, and was an accomplished needlepoint and hand hooked rugs artist, where she designed the patterns herself. She loved the wildlife surrounding her Vt home. Much of her art depicted farm animals and especially her beloved horses. Jean was also passionate about the many songbirds that frequented her home. She loved to paint them and you could find many sketches and paintings depicting them all around her house.