Harry L. Johnson Iii

Harry L. Johnson III, 80, of Hingham, MA died peacefully on January 3, 2016.

He was the son of Harry L. Johnson Jr. and Mary Collins Johnson of Binghamton, NY.  Born in Johnson City, NY in 1935, he was the grandson of Harry L. Johnson, one of the founders of the historic Endicott Johnson Shoe Company. He attended The Eaglebrook School, Proctor Academy, and graduated from Middlebury College in 1957.  He was an avid athlete and had the versatility to participate in ski jumping, cross-country and downhill events at Proctor. At Middlebury, he flourished on the gridiron and was elected captain of the football team in 1957. He married Anne Marie Burley of Binghamton, NY in August of 1955 and the first of their four children, Connie, was born a year later.

After college, Harry taught English and History, and coached basketball and football in Palmyra, NY before moving back to Binghamton and working for National Life of Vermont. In 1970 he moved his family from Binghamton to Hingham, MA to open the legendary Scotch N Sirloin restaurant on North Washington Street in Boston, which he owned and operated for 22 years. He quickly established “The Scotch” as a landmark steakhouse with a loyal clientele and often frequented by professional athletes with whom he developed many close friendships.

A friend of Bill W’s for 39 years, he was devoted to the fellowship. He cherished his family and enjoyed skiing with them in the winter and spending summers at his family vacation home on Long Pond in Plymouth, MA.  A highlight and joy for him was the time he spent with his grandchildren at various family, school and sporting events. 

He is survived by his daughter Connie & husband Mark Jaquith of Warwick RI, son Jeff Johnson & wife Pam, daughter Lori & husband David McCarthy, and daughter Sarah & husband George Beal, all of Hingham. Also survived by his 11 grandchildren; Andrew, Kelsey & Colby Johnson, Will, Perry, Cotter & Jack McCarthy, Jennifer & Monica Beal, and Christopher & Petty Officer Jeffrey Jaquith. He leaves behind his sister Sarah Jane Cloughly, of Florida, his former wife Anne Johnson Kimball of Hingham, and Maria Rogerson of Duxbury, and many nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by his brother Frederick (Ferdy) Johnson and his wife Constance, his brother in law D. Bruce Cloughly, his sister Carol Abbot, and his granddaughter Hannah Collins McCarthy.  

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visiting hours on Thursday 4-8 PM in the Pyne Keohane Funeral Home, 21 Emerald St. (off Central St.), HINGHAM. A Funeral Mass will be held Friday in St. Paul’s Church, Hingham at 10 AM. Burial will be private at a later date.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made in Harry’s memory to The Gosnold Foundation, 200 Ter Heun Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540 or go to www.gosnold.org to help support and aid those seeking recovery from addiction.