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Peggie Johnson

Randolph have lost their principal, Principal Peggie G. Johnson. She died at age 62, on October 30, 2010, of brain cancer at the medical facility of Brittany Pointe Estates, the retirement community in Upper Gwynedd, near Lansdale. Mrs. Johnson, a Philadelphia teacher and school administrator for four decades, had lived in Chalfont since 1978. Her husband, Warren, said she was the principal at Randolph Technical High School, 3101 Henry Ave., for the last seven years, before illness prevented her from returning for this academic year.

The teachers and students remembered her by having a memorial at the school in her remembrance Those present were her husband, friends, Commissioner Ayers of the Philadelphia Fire Department, alumni of the school, and students.

Principal Johnson was laid to rest on Saturday, Nov. 13 2010 at Whitemarsh Cemetery.

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