John O. Johnson, 1889-1962

JOHNSON

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/10/2009 at 06:56:39

Johnson Rites To Be Tomorrow

Funeral services for John O. Johnson, who died Saturday forenoon [Oct. 13, 1962], are to be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church south of Gruver, the Rev. Benjamin Coltvet officiating. Burial will be in the Swan Lake cemetery.

Active pallbearers are to be Harold Knudson, William Bryan, T. A. Winterton, Charles Hansen, Albert Berven, and Clifford Saul.

Honorary pall bearers have been named as John Quastad, Gust Knudson, Clarence Sorum, Anton E. Berven, John Amundson, Lewis Aanonson, Adolph Olson and John Ullensvang.

Friends may call at Sandin-Fuhrman Funeral Home until 11 a.m. Tuesday at which time the body will be taken to the church. The casket will not be opened at the services. A memorial has been established by the family.

Mr. Johnson died Saturday at 9:50 a..m. at the home of his son Ralph, after having been ill with cancer for several months. A life-time resident of Emmet County, he was born March 3, 1889, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Johnson who farmed in the Swan Lake area. Mr. Johnson also farmed there for many years and for a time operated a farm implement store in Gruver.

He is survived by two sons, O. Harold and Ralph Johnson, both of Estherville, and one daughter, Mrs. D. J. (Mildred) Heim, Tucson, Ariz.; also several grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a sister, Mrs. Julia Berg of Cyrus, Minn.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and a brother.

Contributed by: Ruth M. Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, October 15, 1962.