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Obit: Johnson, Pearl (1895 - 1978)

Contact: Ken Wood

Surnames: JOHNSON DANIELSON OLSON

----Sources: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) 05/05/1978; P 8

Johnson, Pearl (28 DEC 1895 - 29 APR 1978)

HUMBIRD, Clark Co., Wis. - Mrs. Pearl C. Johnson, 82, Humbird, died Saturday at a Virginia Hospital. She had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. fred Olson, for the past five weeks. She was formerly of Greenwood.

The former Pearl C. Danielson was born Dec. 28, 1895 in Chippewa Falls and received her education there. She was married to J. Arthur Johnson who is deceased.

After marriage they lived in Greenwood before moving to Humbird. They owned a hotel and later farmed.

Surviving are two sons, Karl of Kenosha and Andrew of Marshfield; one daughter, Mrs. Fred (Deanette) Olson, Virginia; and one sister in Florida. She was predeceased by one daughter, Barbara.

Services were Wednesday at United Church of Christ in Humbird, the Rev. Albert Ebert, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Mentor Cemetery.

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Obit: Johnson, Pearl C. #2 (1885 - 1978)

Transcriber: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
 
Surnames: Johnson, Olson, Stuve, Zschernitz, Scholze, Dyre, Ellingson, Rossow, Verhulst, Jollivette, Milz, Degenhardt, Ebert

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 5/11/1978

Johnson, Pearl C. (28 December 1885 – 29 April 1978)

Mrs. Pearl C. Johnson, 82, Humbird, formerly of Greenwood died April 29, at a hospital in Virginia where she has been visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Olson, the past five weeks.

Mrs, Johnson, the former Pearl C. Johnson, was married to J. Arthur Johnson, who preceded her in death. After their marriage, the Johnson’s lived in Greenwood before moving to Humbird. They at one time owned the hotel, where Chubb’s filling station is now and later farmed on the present Edward Degenhardt farm.

Among those surviving are two sons, Karl of Kenosha and Andrew of Marshfield, and one daughter Mrs. Fred (Deanette) Olson, Virginia, a number of grandchildren and one sister in Florida.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. May 3, at the United Church of Christ in Humbird. Burial was made in the Mentor Cemetery in Humbird. The Rev. Albert Ebert, pastor, officiated. Organist was Nelda Stuve and soloist Mary Ann Johnson. Casketbearers were Janus, Michael and Thomas Johnson, Randall Zschernitz and Marvin and Duane Scholze. The Jensen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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Obit: Olson, John Arthur (1892-1960)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Olson

----Source: Eau Claire Leader; Jan. 19, 1960

HUMBIRD - J. Arthur Johnson, 67, operator of the Humbird Feed mill for many years died at his home here Sunday of complications following a stroke Jan 10. He had been in poor health since 1955.

The Rev Carl Serr will conduct funeral services at 2 pm Wednesday at St John's Evangelical and Reformed Church here. Burial will be in the Mentor Cemetery.

Born in 1892 at Greenwood, he farmed in that area before serving in the Army during World War I. After the war he was a field man or the Greenwood Pea company. He married Pearl Danielson at Chippewa Falls in 1924. They moved here in 1940 when he bought the feed mill which he sold in 1954. He is a member f the Masonic and Eastern Star loges and the American Legion.

In addition to his wife (Pearl)  he is survived by two sons, Karl and Andrew, Humbird; one daughter, Mrs. Fred Olson, Enterprise, Ala; one brother Elmer, Greenwood; and four grandchildren.

Masonic and Eastern Star services will be at 7:30 pm tonight at the Ness Funeral Home in Black River Falls.

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Medium height and build, blue eyes and black hair.