With her husband Hughie and close family friend Jeannie holding her hands at her bedside, Val’s warm, kind, and gentle heart took its last beat on January 5th/2022.

Val was a kind, caring, and strong woman, always there for others. In 2007, she became the very first woman to become President of the Ukrainian Canadian Veterans Branch #141, a position that she loved and was proud of. She was loved and respected by so many. She was a devoted and loving wife, a hard worker, a loyal and true friend, a mentor, and a wonderful human being. To have her in your life was a true blessing.

Val will be greatly missed by her loving husband Hugh Johnson of 61 years, her brothers Dennis and Ken Benzer, her sister Bonnie Sayers, her sister-in-law and brother-in-law Hazel and Alex Nicol, her nieces and nephews and close family friends: Anne and Mel Swereda, Jeannie Pomfret and Sylvia Stacey.

You may be gone for now, but you will live forever in our hearts and memories because you have given us a lifetime of memories filled with laughter and happiness. thank you so much Val, for who you were, and we wish you a peaceful sleep until we meet again. A private family service will be held at a later date.