Antoinette "Toni" Christiana Lawson

Antoinette (Toni) Christiana Lawson passed on September 26, 2023.  Our Mom will be greatly missed by so many for her wonderful smile, great sense of humor, tremendous giving spirit and love of life.

Toni was born on March 20, 1939, in Oak Park, Illinois to Charlotte (Bennett) and John Joseph Woodzick. Early in life she loved horses and traveling to family farms in Wisconsin. Later she worked at The Chrysler Building in Chicago and was in a rock-and-roll band.

Toni met and married Joseph Henry Lawson in 1961 traveling across the United States, to Taiwan and Okinawa with him as an Air Force wife.  Son Joseph John was born in 1962 and daughter Deborah Lynn in 1965. She was skilled in a variety of arts including drawing, photography, and pottery. Toni was also very active in base and church organizations.

After the Air Force they settled in Great Falls before he became a pastor in the United Methodist Church.  She was his secretary and church organist for many years in Horatio Arkansas, Troy, Anaconda and Hobson, Montana then Great Falls before they retired. Her most recent residence was at Golden Eagle Plaza Senior Living where she enjoyed reading and bingo.

Toni is survived by husband, Joe; daughter, Deborah Norman; son, Joseph and his wife, Kelly; four grandchildren, Sarah Norman, Cayley Norman, Joseph James Lawson, and Michayla Lawson.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 14, 1:00 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, (2900 9th Avenue South), followed by a United Methodist Women reception.

Many thanks to the wonderful day-to-day staff at Golden Eagle who were her friends and family helping so much in her life there. In lieu of flowers please donate to michaeljfox.org funding the fight against Parkinson's disease.