Margaret Johnson, 92, active in First Congregational Church here

Margaret M. Johnson of 104 Main Street, a retired beautician who was active in the First Congregational Church, died on Tuesday evening, Sept. 5, at Hancock Hall in Danbury. She was 92 years old and the wife of the late Elmer R. Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Clintonville, Wisc., on June 24, 1908, a daughter of the late George and Catherine Kroft Glass. She attended Clintonville schools and was a retired beautician.
A resident of Ridgefield for the past eight years, Mrs. Johnson came here from St. Charles, Wisc. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Ridgefield as well as a member of its Bible Study program and the Women’s Fellowship.
“Margaret enjoyed a long and fulfilling life as a bookkeeper, beautician, mother and grandmother as well as an avid contract bridge player,” said her son, Dean R. Johnson of Main Street. “But after her family nothing was more important to her than her commitment to the Congregational Church, first in Batavia, Ill., and later in Ridgefield.”
He said that “one time, when she was working in the church kitchen for a luncheon the Women’s Fellowship was hosting, a friend asked her why she was not sitting down at the table with the other guests. ‘After all,’ the friend remarked, ‘the luncheon was for senior citizens’ (many of whom were 20 years younger than she). Margaret replied that she got more joy out of serving than being served. Her life could be summed up in that moment — a deep commitment to serving others.”
Mrs. Johnson was familiar to many Main Street strollers as the elderly woman who would walk the family papillon, Madam Butterfly, each day, rain or shine, along Main Street near the fountain.
Her survivors include a son, Dean R. Johnson of Ridgefield and his wife Jean Marie; two brothers, Raymond Glass of Aurora, Ill., and Kenneth Glass of Clintonville, Wisc.; and two grandsons, Alexander K. Johnson and Christopher K. Johnson.
The funeral will take place on Friday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m. in the First Congregational Church, Ridgefield.
Burial will take place in River Hills Cemetery, Batavia, Ill.
Friends may call at the Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah Street, on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Contributions in Mrs. Johnson’s memory may be made to the First Congregational Church, 103 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877.