Johnston, Seymour B. 1879-1967

JOHNSTON, STEFFEN, MATNEY

Posted By: Linda Mohning (email)
Date: 3/20/2012 at 14:40:24

Area deaths. S. B. JOHNSTON, LONGTIME BARBER, SUCCUMBS AT REMSEN.
Funeral services for S. B. Johnston, 87, were at 2 p.m Monday at Moeller funeral home in Remsen.
Rev. Alfred Christiansen of Christ Lutheran church officiated. Burial was in Remsen city cemetery.
Mr. Johnston died unexpectedly Friday morning at his home.
He was born May 26, 1879 in Wayne county, Ill. He taught school in Illinois and Oklahoma several years and then worked as a barber in Marcus and Cherokee before moving to Remsen about 50 years ago. He retired 15 years ago. He married Dora Augusta Steffen Sept. 4, 1918.
Survivors are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Clayton Matney of Schenectady, N. Y.; a son, Dr. Roy E. of Los Alamitos, Calif., and six grandchildren. – Le Mars Globe Post, Jan 16, 1967, page 2.