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March 8, 2018
Dominican Sister Donna Johnson, formerly Sister Elizabeth Louise and Sister Elise, died Feb. 15 at the Dominican Sisters’ Motherhouse in Fremont. Sister Donna was 86 years old and a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose for 58 years. She held a graduate degree in nonprofit financial management from the University of Notre Dame.
Sister Donna taught at St. Elizabeth High School in Oakland, and later served as corporation treasurer of the sisters’ congregational owned schools in San Francisco and Anaheim. From 1986 to 2000 she served as congregational treasurer. In 2001 she began to work with Vision of Hope, the congregation’s Office of School Development. For 11 years she managed the finance office and then served as Vision of Hope finance director until her retirement in 2016.
Survivors include nieces Elizabeth Gregerson, Alexis Johnson, and nephew Scott Johnson.
A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 24 at the motherhouse with interment in the sisters’ cemetery.
Remembrances may be made to the Sister Donna Johnson Scholarship at Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope, 1555 35th Ave., Oakland 94601.