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JOHNSON, Ernest L. 1890-1971

JOHNSON, LANGDON, BACKERMAN, HOUSLEY

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 4/22/2014 at 22:16:00

[The Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, Florida, Saturday, July 10, 1971]

Ernest Johnson, 81, 460 55th St. N. St. Petersburg died Friday, July 9, 1971. Mr. Johnson was a foreman with the Illinois Central Railroad.

He was born in Waterloo, Iowa and came to St. Petersburg one year ago from Waterloo.

He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Housley; one son, Raymond of Waterloo; and one daughter, Gwen Backerman, also of Waterloo.

Dahl-Van-Hove-Schoof Funeral Directors, Cedar Falls, Iowa in charge.

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[Waterloo Daily Courier, Sunday, July 11, 1971, Waterloo, Iowa]

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Dahl-Van-Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls for Ernest L. Johnson, 81, of St. Petersburg, Fla., former resident of Waterloo and Cedar Falls, who died at 5:30 p.m. Friday at a St. Petersburg hospital of a heart attack.

He was born in Glenville, Minn. Later he resided in Cedar Falls and subsequently moved to Waterloo. While here he was employed as foreman for the Illinois Central Railroad. He retired 21 years ago and moved to Clarion and had gone to Florida about a year ago.

The body will be brought to the Dahl-Van-Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls. Burial will be in Cedar Falls.

Surviving are his wife, Kathryn of St. Petersburg; one son, Raymond Johnson of Woodland Terace trailer court, 1864 Independence Ave., one daughter, Mrs. Harold Backerman of 417 Drynan Drive, and a number of grandchildren and great-granchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary, and by two sons.

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Burial at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls.
First wife was Mary Langdon 1894-1869. Married in 1911 at Charles City, Iowa.

SSDI:
Name: Ernest Johnson
State of Issue: Railroad Board
Date of Birth: Sunday September 07, 1890
Date of Death: July 1971
Est. Age at Death: 80 years, 10 months
Last known residence:
City: Saint Petersburg; Kenneth City
County: Pinellas
State: Florida


 

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