This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnston, Egbert, Bailes, Talmage Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3790 Message Board Post: J. Thomas Johnston, 81 Friday, October 29, 2004 J. Thomas Johnston, 81, a lifelong resident of Hudson and founder/owner of Marine Associates, died unexpectedly Saturday, Oct. 24, in Budapest, Hungary. Death was presumably from a heart attack. He and his wife, Vivian, had been traveling in Europe. She returned Monday night from Europe. Johnston’s body will be returned to the United States after an obligatory autopsy in Budapest. The American Embassy in Budapest is handling the official details regarding sending the body back to Hudson. The O’Connell Funeral Home in Hudson will be handling local arrangements. Further information can be obtained by calling the funeral home at (715) 386-3725. Survivors include his wife, the former Vivian Egbert of Hudson; a son, Mark Johnston, who operates Marine Associates in Hudson; and two daughters, Dena L. Bailes in the Atlanta, Ga., area and Margaret “Peggy” Johnston Talmage of Charleston, S.C. He was the son of the late Thomas J. and Alma L. (Johnston) Johnston. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=12115&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1