Richard "Dick" Johnston, 83, of Windham, N.H., died peacefully at Genesis in Lebanon, N.H., on June 3, 2018, with family around him. He was born Sept. 8, 1934, to the late John and Genevieve Johnston of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Dick was an AVID race fan. He was most proud of the fact that he had raced the "OK" car at Northeastern Speedway in Waterford, Vt. His favorite summer pastime was to drag his family to races all over New England. In winter he followed the Patriots and the Celtics. Spring would roll around and to his family's chagrin he would begin cheering for the Atlanta Braves. His first job was delivering papers and after graduation from St. Johnsbury Trade School, he worked full time for The Caledonian-Record in St Johnsbury. His love of newspapers showed his whole life. All the grandkids knew to leave the papers around Bompa's chair alone. He was particularly fond of solving the daily jumble. After The Caledonian-Record went on strike, he moved to Southern New Hampshire. He worked as a linotype operator at Currier Citizen in Lowell Mass and then later in Billerica. After those darn computers made his job obsolete, he finished his career at Kohlmans in Merrimack, N.H. Dick is survived by his daughter Darlene Rogers and her husband John of Paducah, Ky., and daughter Dorene Carey and her husband Brett of South Royalton, Vt. A brother, Robert Johnston and his wife Inez as well as his sister G. Paula Lewis also survive him. He was loved by his many granddaughters, Iantha Wortman, Ashleigh Myrick, Aaron Jenkin, Alexandra Myrick and Cady LeBlanc as well as his grandson Devon. And count them, yes count them again!, 11 great-grandchildren: Elizabeth, Evangeline and Emerson Wortman, Braden Martin, Quinzy Myrick, Patrick and Teddy Jenkin, Karsin Phelps, and Nathan and Mackenzie Runnals. He was predeceased by his wife of 50 plus years, Doris Swett Johnston, and brothers, Stephen and Nathan Johnston. There will be no service or calling hours per his request but we ask friends and family to think of him fondly every time they are surfing TV channels and come across a car race or football game.