Marilyn Lois Johnson Mohney, age 94 passed away Wednesday March 4, 2026.  She was born in Seminole, FL. and was the eldest daughter to the late Jesse and Marjorie Johnson who founded the City of Seminole.  Marilyn resided in Seminole her entire life.  Marilyn's life started in one of first homes of Seminole located on the corner of Johnson Blvd. and Seminole Blvd. when it was just a two-lane dirt road.  As her life progressed, she attended the only school in Seminole at the time, Seminole Elementary School which was built by her grandfather John Campbell in 1915.  Since Seminole didn't have a middle school or high school at the time, she attended Lealman Junior High followed by St. Petersburg High School.  During the summers, Marilyn would play football with her brother Dick Johnson and friend Al Repetto as well as Eugene Mohney who would end up becoming the love of her life for 68 years.  It was in high school that she played basketball and was active in the band playing the saxophone.  After school and on the weekends, when she wasn't with Eugene or swinging from the rafters of her parents' greenhouse pretending to be a trapeze artist, she was working as a car hop at the Bay Pines Drive-in.

On August 6th, 1948, Marilyn and Eugene got married a few years after his return from serving his country as a United States Marine during World War II.  Shortly after, their first child, Alan, was born.  18 months later, their second child Jesse "Andy," was born.  A couple of years later, they welcomed their first daughter Beverly.  Marilyn was a very busy homemaker raising the three children as Eugene worked for his father Maurice, who owned a chicken farm and Seminole Village Motel.  As Seminole continued to grow and the kids went off to school, Marilyn became a teller at the First Bank of Seminole which her father also built.  In 1963, their fourth child, Sarah, was born.

Several years later, Eugene and Marilyn took over ownership of Eugene's family business, Seminole Village Motel and Mobile Home Park in 1967.  In 1970, Marilyn's father Jesse Johnson with a group of prominent business owners and friends founded the City of Seminole, A community Marilyn loved.  Moving forward, Marilyn continued to be active in the community.  She belonged to the Seminole United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women's organization, and held all offices.  She was a lifelong member of the Seminole Civic club, lifelong member of the Pinellas Seminole Women's Club, Ki-wives (Seminole Kiwanis Club), founding member of Seminole Historical Society as well as Largo, Clearwater, and Pinellas County Historical Societies.  Marilyn and Eugene also loved to travel the world along with their family to Kiwanis conventions.  Marilyn also loved spending every year with her husband and families in Highlands, North Carolina.

Marilyn is preceded in death by her husband Eugene B. Mohney, parents Jesse W. and Sarah Marjorie Campbell Johnson, brother Richard C. Johnson, sister Christine Johnson Sebring, daughter-in-law Patricia Mohney, and son-in-law William R. Miller.

Marilyn is survived by sister Lynda Johnson Whitaker (Scott), children Alan B. Mohney Sr., Jesse A. Mohney (Sandy), Beverly S. Griseck (Scott), Sarah A. Miller, grandchildren Alan B. Mohney Jr. (Debbie), Colleen Wilder (Barry), Jennifer Mohney, Christopher Griseck (Liz), Ashley Arnold, William B. Miller (Brandi), James "Kirk" Miller (Jamie), great grandchildren Jackson Griseck, Caleb Wilder, Matthew Wilder, Auva Miller, Jesse Miller, and arriving August 2026 infant of William and Brandi Miller.  Multiple nephews and extended family.

Donations may be made in her memory to the Seminole Historical Society, Suncoast Hospice, and the Residing Hope Florida Organization (Florida United Methodist Children's Home).

A visitation will be held on Wednesday March 11th from 6:00 to 8:00pm at Mohn Funeral Home in Seminole, FL.

A funeral service will be held on Thursday March 12th at 12:00 p.m. at Seminole United Methodist Church in Seminole, FL, with a burial to follow at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater, FL.