OBITUARY Iron River Reporter March 17 1955 “Bob Johnson, Dairy Leader, Is Dead At 61”
Robert Johnson, 61, retired Ice lake dairy farmer and former member of the Iron county fair board and agricultural commission, died yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock at his home following an illness of six years.
He was born in Iron River August 10, 1893, the son of Mr. and Mrs. August Johnson. With his brother John he operated the Cloverland Dairy at their Ice lake farm for many years until ill health compelled their retirement.
A single man, he leaves four brothers, John, Andrew and Charles, all of Iron River, and Walter Johnson of Two Rivers, Wis., and five sisters, Mrs. Manuel Krans, Mrs. Arthur Johnson and Mrs. Hilda Erickson, Iron River, Mrs. Edna Miller of Samoset, Fla. and Mrs. Maggie Olson, Hibbing, Minn.
The body is at the Johns chapel where Rev. J. Milton Nelson of First Lutheran church will conduct funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in Resthaven cemetery where the family has a lot. Six nephews who will serve as pallbearers are Glen, Lloyd, Harold, Oliver and Earl Johnson and Walter Erickson.
OBITUARY of John Johnson 1958 says he and his brother Robert Johnson had a dairy farm together for many years.
OBITUARY of August Johnson 1939 says Robert Johnson is his son who is a dairy farmer on the south side of Ice Lake with his brothers John and Andrew.
OBITUARY of Caroline Johnson 1935 says she and her husband established the farm on Ice Lake in 1900, and when they retired from farming in 1925 their sons Robert and John took over the dairy business.
OBITUARY Iron River Reporter March 17 1955 “Bob Johnson, Dairy Leader, Is Dead At 61”
Robert Johnson, 61, retired Ice lake dairy farmer and former member of the Iron county fair board and agricultural commission, died yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock at his home following an illness of six years.
He was born in Iron River August 10, 1893, the son of Mr. and Mrs. August Johnson. With his brother John he operated the Cloverland Dairy at their Ice lake farm for many years until ill health compelled their retirement.
A single man, he leaves four brothers, John, Andrew and Charles, all of Iron River, and Walter Johnson of Two Rivers, Wis., and five sisters, Mrs. Manuel Krans, Mrs. Arthur Johnson and Mrs. Hilda Erickson, Iron River, Mrs. Edna Miller of Samoset, Fla. and Mrs. Maggie Olson, Hibbing, Minn.
The body is at the Johns chapel where Rev. J. Milton Nelson of First Lutheran church will conduct funeral services Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in Resthaven cemetery where the family has a lot. Six nephews who will serve as pallbearers are Glen, Lloyd, Harold, Oliver and Earl Johnson and Walter Erickson.
OBITUARY of John Johnson 1958 says he and his brother Robert Johnson had a dairy farm together for many years.
OBITUARY of August Johnson 1939 says Robert Johnson is his son who is a dairy farmer on the south side of Ice Lake with his brothers John and Andrew.
OBITUARY of Caroline Johnson 1935 says she and her husband established the farm on Ice Lake in 1900, and when they retired from farming in 1925 their sons Robert and John took over the dairy business.
Family Members
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Charles August Johnson
1878–1958
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Andrew "Andy" Johnson
1879–1960
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Fred O Johnson
1885–1936
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Anna M Johnson Krans
1886–1955
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John Jacob "Jack" Johnson
1888–1958
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Mary V Johnson Johnson
1890–1965
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Jalmer Johnson Sr
1892–1925
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Hilda E Johnson Erickson
1895–1972
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Walter August Johnson
1898–1986
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Edna V. Johnson Miller
1901–1986
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