Obit: Johnstad, Ernest A. (1918 – 1977)
Contributed to the Clark Co., WI History Buffs

Surnames: Johnstad, Peterson, Solberg

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Friday, 11 Feb. 1977

Johnstad, Ernest A. (17 Dec. 1918 – 8 Feb. 1977)

BLAIR – Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church in Blair for Ernest A. Johnstad, 58. Mr. Johnstad, who had been vice president and sales manager for Medford Millwork Co., died of an apparent heart attack Tuesday at a motel in Kaukauna.

Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at the Jack Funeral Home, Blair, from 4 p.m. today until ? a.m. Saturday and then at the church an hour before services.

Mrs. Johnstad was born in the Town of York, Jackson County, and married the former Josephine Peterson on Jan. 27, 1951, in Blair. He was a member of the Blair City Council and Blair Fire Department.

Survivors include his wifel a son, Errol, Blair; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Johnstad, Blair; a sister, Mrs. Ray Solberg, Blair, and three grandchildren.

*** Note: His date of birth is from the Social Security Death Index.