Obit: Johnson, John H. (1872 - 1959)

Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Johnson, Lindeman, Kollath, Rankl, Tauchen, Dohm, Haeckel, Underwood, Kramer, Herman, Moecker, White, Miller, Boeckler, Gonsky, Boness, Vyvyan, Ball, Pacholke, Netzer, Leonhard, Rhodes, Scidmore, Smith, Hoeft, Kramer, Habeck, Woempner, Anderson, Schwartz

----Source - Anna Johnson's Scrapbook

John H. Johnson (13 Feb 1872 - 8 Jul 1959)

Funeral services for John H. Johnson, 87, were held here (Dorchester, WI) Saturday, July 11. The Rev. Fred W. Kollath, pastor, officiated at rites in Peace Evangelical church at 2:00 p.m., and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post of Abbotsford accorded full military rites at the interment in Dorchester Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Johnson died early last Wednesday, July 8, at his home here in the village, following an illness of several years duration. He had been seriously ill for a considerable time prior to his death. He was hospitalized about two weeks in Medford, beginning last October 28, and then spent about a month in a veterans hospital in Minnesota.

Mrs. Jerome Rankl was organist for the final rites and played accompaniment for Miss Alice Tauchen who sang "Rock of Ages" and the 23rd Psalm. Veterans of Foreign Wars, who assisted with arrangements for the Spanish-American War veteran, also furnished the pallbearers who were Lyle Johnson, Vern Dohm, Otto Haeckel, Lyle Underwood, Arvin Kramer, and William Herman.

John Henry Johnson was born February 13, 1872, at Svelvik, Norway, coming to this country with his parents at the age of ten years. He spent his youth working logging camps and sawmills, turning to farming when the logging industry began to fade in this area.

He and Anna Lindeman were married October 28, 1903, at her home here, Rev. F.H. Moecker officiating at the ceremony. They moved to the Lindeman family farm in the town of Mayville in 1915 and farmed it until 1939. The couple's son, Ernest, and family now own and operate the farm.

The Johnsons moved to the village in 1945 when they purchased the former Krakenberger house, where they have resided since. He was a member of Peace Evangelical church and the Abbotsford post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Surviving are his widow; two sons, Ernest of the town of Mayville and Orin of Seattle, Wash.; three daughters, Ethelyn (Mrs. Seth White) of Ogden, Utah; Edith (Mrs. Hanford Miller) Peru, Neb.; and Ruth (Mrs. Theodore Boeckler) of Medford. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

A daughter, a sister and a brother preceded him in death.

Coming from away to attend the funeral services were Mrs. Frank Gonsky and Mrs. William Boness, Racine; Mrs. Boyd Vyvyan and Mrs. Floyd Ball, Union Grove; Mrs. Herbert Pacholke, Madison; Lawrence Netzer, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Leonhard, Mrs. Gertrude Rhodes, Mary Beth and Peter Rhodes, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. A. Scidmore and Mrs. Berdie Smith, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoeft, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Kramer, John Habeck and Mrs. Fred Woempner, Abbotsford; Mrs. Emil Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anderson, Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Harlowe Schwartz, Brunswick, Ga.

Wisconsin Marriage Records

John H. Johnson
Birthplace: Norway, Europe
Spouse's Name: Anna Luedemann (Lindemann)
Spouse's Birthplace: Mayville
Event Date: 28 Oct 1903
Event Place: Clark, Wisconsin
Father's Name: Ole Johnson
Mother's Name: Mary Anderson
Spouse's Father's Name: Ernest Luedemann (Lindemann)
Spouse's Mother's Name: Fredericke John
Race: White
Spouse's Race: White