Patricia Madeline

Johnson

Patricia Madeline Johnson, 90, died peacefully with her family by her side on the morning of November 19, 2025. Patricia was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to Gaeta Grisi and Evan Conklin on September 7, 1935. She grew up alongside three brothers: Charles, Robert, and Joseph. She graduated from Holy Family High School and went on to work for Prudential Life Insurance Company. Patricia soon took on the role as stay at home mom after marrying her late husband Henry "Hank" Johnson. When her husband grew ill, Patricia went back to work as a teacher's aide for the Union City Board of Education. Over the years, she transferred positions to a registration clerk and retired after 27 years. In her spare time, you could have found Patricia in the kitchen cooking up delicious meals, crocheting, spending her nights playing bingo, volunteering as a girls scout leader, and, in her later years, always having a sweet tooth.

Patricia earned the nickname "Nan" from her grandchildren and great grandchildren, but she was seen as a mother to her granddaughter Trisha and her great granddaughter Melissa Gaeta as she raised both of them.

She was predeceased by her parents, three brothers, her Auntie Rie, and her cousins Josie and Frankie, and grandson William. She is survived by her granddaughter Trisha Johnson and her great granddaughter Melissa Gaeta, who took care of her during her struggle with dementia. She is also survived by her cousin Lenny (Sharon) Wolpert, brother-in-law John Fiorenza, grandson-in-law George, her grandchildren (Ashley, Tiffany, James), her great grandchildren (Luka, Zoe, Alexa, John, Oliver, and Nova) and many other loving family members and friends.