----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Wis.) 04/15/1920

Johnson, Elsie (9 MAR 1892 - 31 Mar 1920)

Mrs. Jake Johnson of Curtiss, Clark County, Wis. died at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls on Wednesday evening, March 31, 1920, after an illness of about two months.

Elsie Dake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dake of Dorchester, was born in the town of Mayville, Clark County, March 9, 1892. On Nov. 26, 1913, she was united in marriage to Jacob Johnson and since that time they have made their home at Curtiss.

She is survived by her husband and one son, Lavern, aged 6, her mother, Mrs. Anna Dake, Ray Dake, a brother, and two sisters, Mrs. Al Johnson and Mrs. Wm. Blasekleka, besides numerous other relatives and a host of friends who deeply sympathize with the loved ones she leaves to mourn her death.

The funeral services were held from the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Curtiss on Saturday, April 3rd, Rev. Nordby officiating.