The daughter of Joan Johnstone penned a tribute to the community champion who passed aged 73. Mrs Johnstone s daughter Sarah Harrison said: Born at Castlerigg Farm, Armathwaite, Joan was one of four children of the late Thomas and Mabel Brownrigg. She had two brothers, the late Bert, George, and a sister Ruth. Joan attended Lazonby Primary School, before continuing her education at Kirkby Stephen Grammar School. Joan was 16-years-old when she met Stuart Johnstone, then aged 18. They married six years later in May, 1970, at Ravenstonedale Church. At 17, Joan started working as a nursing cadet at the infirmary in Carlisle, where she qualified as a general nurse.