Mrs. E. O. Johnson, 69, died Monday evening at Mercy hospital, Anamosa, following a few days illness. Mrs. Johnson, formerly Elizabeth Zak, was born in Czechoslovakia in 1874 and came to Oxford Junction with her parents when five years old. On April 5, 1892, she was married to Elmer O. Johnson and they moved to a farm one mile south of Wyoming which was their home for over 50 years and from which they moved Dec. 1, 1943, to their newly purchased home in Wyoming.
She was a member of the Methodist church and active in the W.S.C.S.
Survivors are her husband, three daughters: Mrs. Walter Freeman of Clarence, Mrs. Leonard Ahrendsen of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. John Von Sprecken of Olin; six grandchildren, two great grandchildren.
Pending word from her sister, Mrs. Antonia Hanssen, in California, funeral services were to be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Methodist church in Wyoming with the Rev. E.G. Steinman in charge.
Mrs. E. O. Johnson, 69, died Monday evening at Mercy hospital, Anamosa, following a few days illness. Mrs. Johnson, formerly Elizabeth Zak, was born in Czechoslovakia in 1874 and came to Oxford Junction with her parents when five years old. On April 5, 1892, she was married to Elmer O. Johnson and they moved to a farm one mile south of Wyoming which was their home for over 50 years and from which they moved Dec. 1, 1943, to their newly purchased home in Wyoming.
She was a member of the Methodist church and active in the W.S.C.S.
Survivors are her husband, three daughters: Mrs. Walter Freeman of Clarence, Mrs. Leonard Ahrendsen of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. John Von Sprecken of Olin; six grandchildren, two great grandchildren.
Pending word from her sister, Mrs. Antonia Hanssen, in California, funeral services were to be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Methodist church in Wyoming with the Rev. E.G. Steinman in charge.
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