JOHNSON, Charles Lester 1881-1960

JOHNSON, HILLING, HANON, DUNCAN, HANSON

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 9/13/2011 at 10:21:12

Charles Lester Johnson – 1881-1960

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C. L. JOHNSON RITES AT OSAGE

Osage – Funeral services were held Friday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church for Charles Lester Johnson, 78.

He died of a heart attack Wednesday night. Burial was in the Osage Cemetery with Champion Funeral Home in charge.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday December 16, 1960
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Charles Lester Johnson was born August 19, 1881 in Minnesota, the son of Lewis and Mary Johnson. He married Clara Hilling, the daughter of Gustav and Karen (Hanon) Hilling. (their parents info from 1925 Iowa Census)
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WWI Draft Registration: September 12, 1918

Charles Lester Johnson age 37, living in Elma, Howard, Iowa; born August 19, 1881; Electrician laborer; nearest relative, wife, Clara.

By 1925 they had four children; Lester; Doyle; , Karen (married Wendell Duncan); and Minerva, (married Merle Hanson)