JOHNSON, Peter J. 1873-1943

JOHNSON, TREAT

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Date: 11/1/2019 at 12:55:46

P. J. Johnson Dies Friday Following Stroke

Pete J. Johnson died at the Sartori hospital in Cedar Falls at 3 o'clock Friday morning from a cerebral hemorrhage with which he was stricken Wednesday afternoon. He was backing his car out of the driveway leading to his garage. The car became stalled in the snow. He was clearing a track for his car with the snow shovel and the exertion of the work is believed to have brought on the stroke. He was taken to the hospital at Cedar Falls where he remained in a semi-conscious condition until the end came. He was 69 years old.

Pete Johnson was one of the best known men in northeast Grundy and Dike's oldest business man. He came here the year the town of Dike was started and remained with it continually and was successful in his work. His dealings were largely with farmers and his customers remained his friends.

Mr. Johnson was born March 5, 1873, in Denmark, the son of L. P. and Rasmine Johnson. He came to America when about five years of age. On Nov. 1, 1905, he was married to Olive E. Treat of Charles City. He lived in the vicinity of Parkersburg and New Hartford until coming to Dike in 1902, where he operated a meat market for five years. Following that he engaged in the livestock business up to the time of his death. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. and Rebekah lodges in Dike; also of encampment of I.O.O.F. in Cedar Falls.

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Dike Methodist church with Rev. William Galbreth officiating. Burial was in Elmwood cemetery, at Dike.

Surviving are the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Thomas Johnson Jr., and a granddaughter, Phyllis Jean Johnson, all of Dike; two sisters, Mrs. C. B. Conkey of Des Moines and Mrs. P. B. Dilman of Los Angeles; one brother, R. O. Johnson, Kansas City, Mo. A son, Wendell Harry, died in infancy.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 11 February 1943, pg 3