Ainsley Grace Johnson

Ainsley Grace Johnson, 8 of Chatham passed away Monday, April 28, 2025.

She was born February 16, 2017, in Springfield, the daughter of Todd and Christy (Fuhrer) Johnson.

Ainsley was a second grade student at Glenwood Elementary School where she was loved and supported by her friends and teachers. She enjoyed dancing at Studio M Dance Center and was a soccer player for the SASA soccer league. Ainsley was a lover of music and would often sing along to any song she heard. She would even take her dad’s airpods while he was out mowing the grass to listen along with him. She also loved art, make up, swimming, boating, and spending time at the lake. Ainsley always looked forward to vacations with her family and knowing she could spend her mom’s money on things she wanted.

Surviving are her parents, Todd and Christy Johnson; her ten year old sister, Avery Taylor Johnson; maternal grandparents, Joyce (Riggs) and John Hyde and Susie and Steve (deceased) Fuhrer; paternal grandparents, Galen and Marsha (Beam) Johnson; aunts and uncles, Kelli (Fuhrer) and Kevin Pologruto and Amy (Johnson) and Tim Boblitt; cousins, Adalyn and Griffin Boblitt.

Visitation will be Friday, May 2, 2025, from 12:00 noon until time of services at 2:00 pm at Springfield First United Methodist Church, 2941 South Koke Mill Road, Springfield, IL 62711, with Rev. Roger Grimmett officiating. Burial will follow at Horse Creek Cemetery in Pawnee.

A memorial fund is being set up in Ainsley Johnson's name at United Community Bank, 301 N. Main, Chatham, IL 62629.

Here is a link to Todd’s Venmo if anyone would like to donate that way: https://venmo.com/u/Todd-Johnson-421

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