OREGON – Margaret C. Johnson, 85, longtime Oregon resident, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon. She worked for the University of Illinois Ogle County Extension office for 30 years, retiring in 1999.

She was born Nov. 1, 1927, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Michael Joseph and Dorothy (O’Hare) Shelley. She was a 1946 graduate of Oregon Senior High School. She married Henry A. Johnson on July 14, 1948, in Oregon. He died July 28, 1995.

Margaret was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Oregon. She enjoyed traveling, reading, writing short stories and spending time with family and friends.