----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection; MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 5/ /1974

LESLIE O. JOHNSON

Greenwood--Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church for Leslie Olaf Johnson, 64, of Greenwood, Clark County, who died Thursday afternoon, May 23, 1974 at his home following a lingering illness.

Officiating will be the Rev. David E. Wenger, pastor, and burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitations may be made at the Hill Funeral Home beginning this afternoon (Saturday) and at the church after 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

Mr. Johnson was born July 19, 1909 in Deer Park, Wash., and moved to Greenwood with his parents at the age of 7. His marriage to the former Irma Wiersig took place June 27, 1940 at Colby.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Johnson located at several places until settling on the home farm, 3 miles northeast of Greenwood. Due to poor heath, they retired from farming and moved to the city of Greenwood in April 1973.

Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Bonnie) Wehrenberg, Kenilworth, Ill., and Mrs. Michael (Diane) Engle, Tory Ohio a son, Wayne, Denver, Colo. his mother, Mrs. Olaf Johnson, Greenwood a brother, Lawrence, Greenwood fours sisters, Mrs. Harold (Mae) Hardine, Wausau Mrs. Peter (Jane) Nichols, Chicago Mrs. Vern (Verna) Parrish, Downer Grove, Ill. and Mrs. James (Dorothy) Webb, San Francisco, Calif. and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father and a brother.