Johnston, Sarah L. Hunnell – 1861-1946

BRASHEAR, FORTUNE, HUNNEL, JOHNSTON, MOWREY, NELLSON, SHIMEL, WILSON

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 9/9/2021 at 08:46:38

Sarah Johnston, 84, Found Dead In Bed This Morning
Prairie City – Mrs. Sarah L. Johnston, 84, died during her sleep at her home in Prairie City sometime during the night, Monday or early this morning.
Ralph Toland, county coroner, who was called on the case, pronounced death, was due to a heart attack and senility. Mrs. Johnston, daughter of Samuel and Mary Hunnel, was born Nov. 2, 1861, in Jasper county and had been ill since suffering a stroke last May.
She was a lifetime member of the Methodist church of Prairie City.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. D. C. Wilson and Mrs. Raybur Brashear, both of Prairie City; two sons, Orrie Johnston of Prairie City and J. D. Johnston of Vancouver, Wash.; also four sisters, Mrs. W. W. Mowrey of Niangua, Mo., Mrs. Ines Nellson of Slayton, Minn., Mrs. Maud Fortune of Des Moines, and Mrs. Winifred Shimel of Elkland, Mo.; and a brother, J. N. Hunnel of Emmetsburg, Ia.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of the son from Washington who will leave by plane today.
Source: Newton (IA) Daily News; Tuesday, October 22, 1946, page 5

Johnston Rites To Be Held Friday 2 P.M.
Prairie City (Special to The Daily News) – Final rites will be held for Mrs. S. L. Johnston, 85, from the Methodist church in Prairie City, 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev. W. W. Marzahn, pastor of the church officiating.
Burial will be made in the Griffith cemetery, south of Prairie City.
Mrs. Johnston was found dead in bed, early Tuesday morning. Death was due to a heart attack during the night.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. D. C. Wilson and Mrs. Ray Brashear of Prairie City and two sons, Orrie Johnston of Prairie City and J. D. Johnston of Vancouver, Wash., also four sisters and one brother.
Source: Newton (IA) Daily News; Wednesday, October 23, 1946, page 1