Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon
Mabel Johnson Dies at Hospital
Mrs. Mabel Frances Johnson of Wallowa passed away at the Wallowa Memorial on Sunday, May 23, 1971, following several months of failing health.
She was born July 5, 1897 at Elgin, daughter of William C. and Nanny Field, and had lived in Wallowa county most of her life. She was married in Wallowa in May of 1913 to Charley Johnson who passed away on October 12, 1939. She was a member of the Church of Christ of Wallowa.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Jim (Viola) Frazier of Bates, Mrs. Raymond (Geneva) Werst of Wallowa and Mrs. Truman (LaVern) Frazier of Baker; four sons, Jesse of Riverside, California, and James M., Robert I., and Aldon E., all of Wallowa; three sisters, Mary Rogers of Junction City, Matilda Johnson of Wallowa, and Edna Case of Tenino, Washington; and 25 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were conducted yesterday (Wednesday) at 2 p.m. by the Bollman Funeral Home at the Church of Christ in Wallowa, with Don W. Coles of La Grande officiating. A quartet, Wallace and Opal Pruitt and Glen and Viola Henry, sang “Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere”, “In The Garden” and “Under His Wings.” Casket bearers, all grandsons of the deceased, were Jack, Dean, and Gene Werst, Bill, Michael K,. Timothy E., Jim and Bob Frazier, and Charles, Michael, Ronnie and Randal Johnson. Vault entombment was in the Wallowa cemetery.
Source: Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise, Oregon, May 27, 1971
Contributed by: Sue Wells
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor