FUNERAL MASS will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Urich, Missouri on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

OFFICIATING at the mass will be Father Pete Savage.

VISITATION/ROSARY will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Urich, Missouri on Thursday, December 29, 2016 with VISITATION at 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. followed by the ROSARY being said between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m.

INTERMENT will be in White Oak Cemetery, Urich, Missouri.

The family requests any MEMORIAL donations be given to the American Cancer Society. These may be left at Hill & Son Funeral Home or brought to the Mass.

Gloria Jean Johnston, 72, passed away December 26, 2016 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born September 18, 1944 in Montrose, Missouri joining her brother Willard Wagner, as the second child of William Edward and Rosalie Catherine (Gunther) Wagner.

Gloria lived all of her life in the Montrose, Missouri area attending and graduating from St. Mary's Catholic School. Following graduation she worked several years at Clearfield Cheese Company in Clinton, Missouri, later working as an aide at Glendale Gardens assisted living facility also in Clinton. She retired after 14 years of loving and dedicated care which she had provided through those many years to the residents.

Gloria was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Urich, Missouri. Her faith was visible in the kindness she showed at her workplace, the love and care in her home and the perseverance throughout her life. Gloria was blessed with one son, Russell, in her marriage to William Johnston. She loved her family and her dogs: Barney, Goose and Annie. Beside her jobs outside the home, she also was an avid gardener, enjoying both flower and vegetable gardening. She spent many hours raising, picking and canning the produce for her family. She planted and cared for as many as 100 tomato plants some years. She was a good cook as well, with fried chicken one of the most enjoyed dishes.

Preceding Gloria in death were her parents, her husbands William Erwin Johnston and Barry Gordon. Survivors include her son Russell "Rusty" Johnston and girlfriend Crissy of Clinton, Missouri; her brother Willard "Willie" Wagner of Montrose, Missouri; two stepdaughters, Beth (Johnston) Hassler and Billie (Johnston) Huff; companion Donald Harms  .