Obit: Johnson, John T. (1895 - 1969)

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Surnames: JOHNSON

----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook, Marshfield News Herald Collection 06/ /1969
 

Johnson, John T. (1895 - 1969)
 

GREENWOOD, CLARK COUNTY Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church for a former Greenwood resident, John T. Johnson, 74, of Wisconsin Rapids, who was pronounced dead on arrival at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 29, 1969, at the Riverview Hospital in Wisconsin Rapids, after suffering an apparent heart attack.

The Rev. Arvid Myhrwold, pastor, will officiate and burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the Hill Funeral Home until 11 a.m., and then at the church until time of services.

A single man all his life, Mr. Johnson was born Feb. 11, 1895, in Chicago, son of the late Martin and Anna Johnson. The family lived in Chicago until 1908, when they moved to Hawkins, Wis. In 1918 they moved to Greenwood. Mr. Johnson was engaged in farming and had lived here until 1949, at which time he moved to Waukegan, Ill. In October of 1968 he moved to Wisconsin Rapids. He was a veteran of World War I.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Bertha (Betty) Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.