WINFORD H. JOHNSON
W. H. Johnson Passes Away Unexpectedly
Winford H. Johnson, aged 46, a former Kiel businessman, and aveteran of World War I; and active in political and public life of northeastern Wisconsin for years, passed away Friday night at the St. Nicholas hospital in Sheboygan. Mr. Johnson had
submitted to an operation for appendicitis nine days ago.
Mr. Johnson served on the City Council, and was one of Kiel's representatives on the County Board, in the late thirties, and for a short time was co—editor of the The County Record.
The deceased was born in Green Bay in 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson. He enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard in May, 1917 and served for a year overseas as an officer in the 32nd division. He was assigned to the 127th—l28th Infantry, 64th Brigade Headquarters. In 1924 he married Miss Hildegard Becker.
Locating in Kiel he served for a number of years as bookkeeperand accountant for the Kiel Wooden Ware Company and in 1938 became a partner with Bradford A. Cox in publication of the Tri-County Record. After two years he disposed of his interest in the paper to Mr. Cox and since last April has been employed at the Hart-Carter Company at New Holstein.
For years he was active in Republican party circles in north-eastern Wisconsin. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the assembly in the second district of Manitowoc county in 1938. In 1935 when Kiel launched a program for a paved route from the county seat, Mr. Johnson became a candidate for supervisor and was elected for a 2-year term. He did not run again at the end of his term.
He was active for many years in the Kiel Chamber of Commerce and served on numerous community committees.
His affiliations included membership in the Kiel lodge, F. & A, M. No. 336, and the Chilton Chapter, R. A. M. No. 94, and the Kasper Post No. 99, American Legion of Kiel.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his widow; three daughters, Barbara, Alice and Nancy, and a son, Allen, all at home; three brothers, Wallace H. of Kiel, Wilbur W. of Sheboygan, and Private Edward Johnson of Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and a sister, Miss Mae Johnson of Green Bay.
W. H. Johnson Passes Away Unexpectedly
Winford H. Johnson, aged 46, a former Kiel businessman, and aveteran of World War I; and active in political and public life of northeastern Wisconsin for years, passed away Friday night at the St. Nicholas hospital in Sheboygan. Mr. Johnson had
submitted to an operation for appendicitis nine days ago.
Mr. Johnson served on the City Council, and was one of Kiel's representatives on the County Board, in the late thirties, and for a short time was co—editor of the The County Record.
The deceased was born in Green Bay in 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson. He enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard in May, 1917 and served for a year overseas as an officer in the 32nd division. He was assigned to the 127th—l28th Infantry, 64th Brigade Headquarters. In 1924 he married Miss Hildegard Becker.
Locating in Kiel he served for a number of years as bookkeeperand accountant for the Kiel Wooden Ware Company and in 1938 became a partner with Bradford A. Cox in publication of the Tri-County Record. After two years he disposed of his interest in the paper to Mr. Cox and since last April has been employed at the Hart-Carter Company at New Holstein.
For years he was active in Republican party circles in north-eastern Wisconsin. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the assembly in the second district of Manitowoc county in 1938. In 1935 when Kiel launched a program for a paved route from the county seat, Mr. Johnson became a candidate for supervisor and was elected for a 2-year term. He did not run again at the end of his term.
He was active for many years in the Kiel Chamber of Commerce and served on numerous community committees.
His affiliations included membership in the Kiel lodge, F. & A, M. No. 336, and the Chilton Chapter, R. A. M. No. 94, and the Kasper Post No. 99, American Legion of Kiel.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his widow; three daughters, Barbara, Alice and Nancy, and a son, Allen, all at home; three brothers, Wallace H. of Kiel, Wilbur W. of Sheboygan, and Private Edward Johnson of Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and a sister, Miss Mae Johnson of Green Bay.
WINFORD H. JOHNSON
W. H. Johnson Passes Away Unexpectedly
Winford H. Johnson, aged 46, a former Kiel businessman, and aveteran of World War I; and active in political and public life of northeastern Wisconsin for years, passed away Friday night at the St. Nicholas hospital in Sheboygan. Mr. Johnson had
submitted to an operation for appendicitis nine days ago.
Mr. Johnson served on the City Council, and was one of Kiel's representatives on the County Board, in the late thirties, and for a short time was co—editor of the The County Record.
The deceased was born in Green Bay in 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson. He enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard in May, 1917 and served for a year overseas as an officer in the 32nd division. He was assigned to the 127th—l28th Infantry, 64th Brigade Headquarters. In 1924 he married Miss Hildegard Becker.
Locating in Kiel he served for a number of years as bookkeeperand accountant for the Kiel Wooden Ware Company and in 1938 became a partner with Bradford A. Cox in publication of the Tri-County Record. After two years he disposed of his interest in the paper to Mr. Cox and since last April has been employed at the Hart-Carter Company at New Holstein.
For years he was active in Republican party circles in north-eastern Wisconsin. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the assembly in the second district of Manitowoc county in 1938. In 1935 when Kiel launched a program for a paved route from the county seat, Mr. Johnson became a candidate for supervisor and was elected for a 2-year term. He did not run again at the end of his term.
He was active for many years in the Kiel Chamber of Commerce and served on numerous community committees.
His affiliations included membership in the Kiel lodge, F. & A, M. No. 336, and the Chilton Chapter, R. A. M. No. 94, and the Kasper Post No. 99, American Legion of Kiel.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his widow; three daughters, Barbara, Alice and Nancy, and a son, Allen, all at home; three brothers, Wallace H. of Kiel, Wilbur W. of Sheboygan, and Private Edward Johnson of Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and a sister, Miss Mae Johnson of Green Bay.
W. H. Johnson Passes Away Unexpectedly
Winford H. Johnson, aged 46, a former Kiel businessman, and aveteran of World War I; and active in political and public life of northeastern Wisconsin for years, passed away Friday night at the St. Nicholas hospital in Sheboygan. Mr. Johnson had
submitted to an operation for appendicitis nine days ago.
Mr. Johnson served on the City Council, and was one of Kiel's representatives on the County Board, in the late thirties, and for a short time was co—editor of the The County Record.
The deceased was born in Green Bay in 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson. He enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard in May, 1917 and served for a year overseas as an officer in the 32nd division. He was assigned to the 127th—l28th Infantry, 64th Brigade Headquarters. In 1924 he married Miss Hildegard Becker.
Locating in Kiel he served for a number of years as bookkeeperand accountant for the Kiel Wooden Ware Company and in 1938 became a partner with Bradford A. Cox in publication of the Tri-County Record. After two years he disposed of his interest in the paper to Mr. Cox and since last April has been employed at the Hart-Carter Company at New Holstein.
For years he was active in Republican party circles in north-eastern Wisconsin. He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the assembly in the second district of Manitowoc county in 1938. In 1935 when Kiel launched a program for a paved route from the county seat, Mr. Johnson became a candidate for supervisor and was elected for a 2-year term. He did not run again at the end of his term.
He was active for many years in the Kiel Chamber of Commerce and served on numerous community committees.
His affiliations included membership in the Kiel lodge, F. & A, M. No. 336, and the Chilton Chapter, R. A. M. No. 94, and the Kasper Post No. 99, American Legion of Kiel.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his widow; three daughters, Barbara, Alice and Nancy, and a son, Allen, all at home; three brothers, Wallace H. of Kiel, Wilbur W. of Sheboygan, and Private Edward Johnson of Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and a sister, Miss Mae Johnson of Green Bay.
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