Final rites are to be held this Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Conley Funeral Home in Elburn for John Johnson, Sr., 81, of Maple Park, Route One, father of Mrs . Viola Wall of Sycamore, who died Tuesday morning at the Sycamore Municipal Hospital. Rev. Walter Ross of the Community Congregational Church of Elburn will officiate and burial will be in the East Batavia cemetery.
He was born August 13, 1879, in Denmark and came to this country as a young man. On November 2, 1898, he was married to Ada Griff, and the home was made in the Kaneland area where they farmed. Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1959.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Viola Wall, Sycamore, Mrs. Gladys Scalet, Melrose Park, Mrs. Alice Manning, Rockford, Mrs. Beatrice Lake, Maple Park, and Mrs. Neoma Caldwell, Wisconsin; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Schmidt, Savannah, Ga., Mrs. Christine Anderson, Geneva, and Mrs. Sophie Deyereaux, Geneva; one brother, George, of Maple Park; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Four sons predeceased him.
[Published in The Sycamore (IL) Tribune, Friday, December 2, 1960]
He was born August 13, 1879, in Denmark and came to this country as a young man. On November 2, 1898, he was married to Ada Griff, and the home was made in the Kaneland area where they farmed. Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1959.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Viola Wall, Sycamore, Mrs. Gladys Scalet, Melrose Park, Mrs. Alice Manning, Rockford, Mrs. Beatrice Lake, Maple Park, and Mrs. Neoma Caldwell, Wisconsin; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Schmidt, Savannah, Ga., Mrs. Christine Anderson, Geneva, and Mrs. Sophie Deyereaux, Geneva; one brother, George, of Maple Park; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Four sons predeceased him.
[Published in The Sycamore (IL) Tribune, Friday, December 2, 1960]
Final rites are to be held this Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Conley Funeral Home in Elburn for John Johnson, Sr., 81, of Maple Park, Route One, father of Mrs . Viola Wall of Sycamore, who died Tuesday morning at the Sycamore Municipal Hospital. Rev. Walter Ross of the Community Congregational Church of Elburn will officiate and burial will be in the East Batavia cemetery.
He was born August 13, 1879, in Denmark and came to this country as a young man. On November 2, 1898, he was married to Ada Griff, and the home was made in the Kaneland area where they farmed. Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1959.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Viola Wall, Sycamore, Mrs. Gladys Scalet, Melrose Park, Mrs. Alice Manning, Rockford, Mrs. Beatrice Lake, Maple Park, and Mrs. Neoma Caldwell, Wisconsin; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Schmidt, Savannah, Ga., Mrs. Christine Anderson, Geneva, and Mrs. Sophie Deyereaux, Geneva; one brother, George, of Maple Park; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Four sons predeceased him.
[Published in The Sycamore (IL) Tribune, Friday, December 2, 1960]
He was born August 13, 1879, in Denmark and came to this country as a young man. On November 2, 1898, he was married to Ada Griff, and the home was made in the Kaneland area where they farmed. Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1959.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Viola Wall, Sycamore, Mrs. Gladys Scalet, Melrose Park, Mrs. Alice Manning, Rockford, Mrs. Beatrice Lake, Maple Park, and Mrs. Neoma Caldwell, Wisconsin; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Schmidt, Savannah, Ga., Mrs. Christine Anderson, Geneva, and Mrs. Sophie Deyereaux, Geneva; one brother, George, of Maple Park; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Four sons predeceased him.
[Published in The Sycamore (IL) Tribune, Friday, December 2, 1960]
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