Mother Of Woman Legislator Dies
Mrs. Philena Steward Johnson, aged mother of one of Montana’s two women legislators, Mrs. Luck A Curran, whose picture was carried in yesterday’s Observer,. passed away yesterday afternoon at her home here after a short illness.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by her husband E. R. Johnson, and by her two daughters, Mrs. Curran of Helena, Mont., and Mrs. Charles Sterling, of Brocton Mont. Both daughters are to arrive in La Grande, tomorrow.
The body is at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary and funeral arrangements will be made later.
La Grande Evening Observer, Tuesday 6 Jan 1931 Front Page.
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Philena Stewart Johnson, who died here Monday afternoon, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary. Burial will take place in the Island City Cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson had been a resident of La Grande for the last three decades.
La Grande Evening Observer,
Wednesday, 7 Jan 1931, Front Page.
Contributed by: Robert Bull