Memorial

Pauline E. Johnstone, 81, of Cedar Rapids passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. The past three years she has resided at Manor Care Health Services in Cedar Rapids.

Visitation will be on Thursday, April 20, 2017 from 4 to 6 P.M. at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Internment at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery with Chaplain Major Barbara Logan.  

Pauline was born November 15, 1935 in Iowa City to William L. and May Francis (White) McMurrin. She was the sister to eight brothers. 

Pauline married Glenn Johnstone July 8, 1954. They made their home in the “Rompot” neighborhood in S.E. Cedar Rapids and raised 5 sons. She was widowed in 1971 and continued to be a devoted, loving mother to her sons. 

Pauline was called the “Mother of Rompot.” All the neighborhood kids congregated at her home. She loved to cook and enjoyed sharing whatever she was fixing. 

Music, games, visiting with friends and sitting outside gave her joy. 

She was a survivor; losing her home to the floods of 2008 displaced her from the neighborhood that knew as “Home” all of her life. She moved her family to a small apartment and resided there until she moved to Manor Care in 2013. 

Those left to cherish her memories are her sons Lynn, Nathan (Nina) and Aaron Johnstone. Her brothers Dwayne (Sharon), Roger and Robert (Joyce) McMurrin and their families. 

Pauline was preceded in death by her parents, husband Glenn, her sons Delane and Dwight Johnstone, brothers Wilbur, Donald, Neal, Albert, and Norman McMurrin. 

In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in her honor and may be directed to Suzanne Dostal.