Mary Louise Nicholas Johnson was born July 3, 1927, in Spokane, Wash., to Ashley and Louise Nicholas.

At the age of three, Mary moved with her parents to the Woodinville area. Her parents owned the Woodinville Greenhouses where she worked part time after graduating from Bothell High School in 1945.Mary went to business school in San Diego, Calif., and in March 1946, went to work for Dun and Bradstreet in Seattle.

Through a fellow office worker, she met and married Wes Johnson, a logger in Sultan, Wash. In 1959 they moved to Woodinville where Wes worked at service stations and Mary worked for Molbak’s Greenhouse for five years before taking a job at Sundstrand Data Control from which she retired in 1988 after 22 years with the company.

Mary and Wes traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean.

Wes and Mary had 57 wonderful years together before he died in February 2006.

Mary leaves four sons, Michael (girlfriend, Nancy), Gerald (Mary Jane), Stephen (Patty), Ron (Jeannie); nine grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

She love to bake, work in the garden and visit with her many relatives and friends.

Visitation is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 18, at Purdy and Walters at Floral Hills from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A chapel service will be held Saturday Aug. 19, at Purdy and Walters at Floral Hills at noon with a graveside service to follow at Floral Hills Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to Evergreen Hospice, American Cancer Society, or your favorite charity.

For service information: (425) 672-1800.