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Freda Rae Johnson, cherished mother, grandmother and friend of 10 Milton Street, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday December 18, 2003 after a brief illness. She was born on August 30, 1920 in Belmont to Raymond and Gladys Kurtz Cline. On May 20 1950 she married Emmett Johnson who predeceased her on May 12, 1992.

Freda Rae graduated from Friendship High School and from the Roberts Beauty School in Buffalo. She worked for Friendship Central School, her fathers Rexal Drug Store in Friendship and wrote a column in the former Friendship Registrar titled “Round the Town”. She moved to the Buffalo area and back to Belmont in the late 1940’s and worked for Dr. Edward Schwert. In 1948 she started the Freda Rae Beauty Salon and for 50 years she ran the salon. During those years she worked for the J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home and was an Election Inspector. Her love of people inspired her to become an Independent Shaklee Distributor operating from her home for 25 years.

Her memberships include: The Order of the Eastern Star of Belmont, the Belmont American Legion Auxiliary and the Belmont United Methodist Church.

 Survivors include:  2 daughters Judith (Daniel) King of Port Charlotte, FL and Loraine (William) Hand of Belmont; 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren; 2 close friends June Rose and Darlene Garfield.

 She was predeceased by: her parents, step father Louis Cook and a son Jeffrey in 1974.

 Friends are invited to call at the J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home in Belmont on Sunday December 21 from 2-4 & 7-9pm. A Funeral Service will be held on Monday at 11am in the Funeral Home with Rev, Sandra Lasher presiding. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery and memorials may be made to the Belmont United Methodist Church or to the Amity Rescue Squad.