Captain Betty Lou (Guge) Johnson
Dates of Service: October 1951 to March 1955
Betty Lou (Guge) Johnson of Rockville, MD passed away on Monday, November 7, 2011.
She was the beloved wife of the late Harold A. Johnson; mother of Christopher A. (Kimberly) Johnson and Stephen P. (Shannon) Johnson; grandmother of Caroline, Christopher Jr., H. Carter, George, Thomas and Laura; sister of Suzanne Higginbotham.
A Memorial Service was held at Lutheran Church of St. Andrew in Silver Spring, MD, with internment at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.
Betty Lou (Guge) Johnson, Captain, USAF, served from October 1951 to March 1955. Recalling her career she notes, “At the time I was in the Women’s Medical Specialist Corps (WMSC) there were maybe 33 dietitians. On several occasions I was sent to represent the WMSC at conventions- more or less a recruiting program. It was a pleasant diversion. It was my pleasure to work with Major Mary Lou Yancey and Captain Kathleen Creek and Captain Virginia Bounds. I was stationed at Sheppard AFB, TX from 1951 to 1955.” – From 50 Years of Air Force Dietetics
