About John Williamson (Continued)

John and Donna Marie met on May 13, 1978 at a dance hall in Lansdowne.  It was love at first sight for Donna Marie, in fact a few days later she told her boss she met the guy she could marry.  They married on October 17, 1981 at Holy Cross Church and moved immediately to Havertown where they still reside.  They have three children, Elizabeth, born in 1982, Danny in 1984 and Johnny in 1987.   Elizabeth, a Eucharistic minister and a Spanish teacher at Gwynedd Mercy, graduated from Immaculata in 2004. Danny is a Eucharistic minister, a CCD teacher and Aero-engineer, working at Boeing since graduating from Notre Dame in 2006. Johnny was killed in an auto accident seven weeks before he would graduate from Drexel University.  Five years after Johnny’s death another Johnny was born to Danny and his wife Kelly.   

In 1985 together with the late Gerald Anderson, Esq. John formed the Delaware County Lawyers for Life.  Shortly thereafter he joined the St. Pius X Respect Life Committee where he remains Chairman for the last 36 years.  John received the Thomas More award from the Pro-Life Union and the Guadalupe Award from the St. Pius X Respect Life Committee.  In addition to Delaware County Lawyers for Life, John has been a member of the Boards of PHL, the Pro-Life Union and the Delaware County Pro Life Coalition.  In 2015 John and Donna Marie received the annual Pennsylvanians for Human Life award.    

After Johnny died in 2009 the Williamsons started Johnny’s Run for Life which is a fundraiser for the Pro-Life Movement.

John has appeared on the O’Reilly Factor, EWTN and dozens of radio programs across the country.   

Donna Marie is the vice-chairman of the St. Pius X Respect Life Committee.  Said Pro-Life group has met continuously every third Monday since 1982 – the longest running Respect Life program in the Archdiocese in Philadelphia.   

John has handled hundreds of Pro-Life cases and has saved numerous babies from abortion.  John saved two senior citizens from Euthanasia.   

Together with the St. Pius X Respect Life Committee, the monies raised from Johnny’s insurance, and Johnny’s Run for Life John and Donna Marie have raised almost $4,000,000.00 and saved over 3,000 children from abortion.  

On February 25, 2016 John initiated Pro-Life America Radio and has had 8 years of programming.  The program plays every Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. at PROLIFEAMERICARADIO.COM