Linn County KS Archives Obituaries.....Johnston, William J. April 20, 1905
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The Centerville Courier, Linn County, Thursday, April 20, 1905
Will Johnston, a former resident of this township, but late of Eldorado Springs,
Mo., died at that place Thursday. The body will arrive in Centerville Friday and
the funeral will be held Saturday morning from the M.P. church, and interment
will take place in the Oakwood Cemetery. The sorrowing wife and relatives have
the sympathy of the entire community in their hour of bereavement.

The Centerville Courier, April 27, 1905.
William J. JOHNSTON was born near Weldon, Iowa, Nov. 2nd, 1858, and died at
Eldorado Springs, Mo., April 20th, 1905, being forty-six years of age. On Jan.
31, 1883 he was united in marriage to Edith CROZIER; to this union were born to
sons.
Mr. Johnston was converted and joined the M.E. church at Oakwood, Kansas some
eight years ago and died in the triumph of a living faith. He leaves to mourn
his loss a mother, sister, wife, and his two sons and a host of admiring
friends. The funeral services were conducted from the M.P. church in Centerville
Saturday, April 22nd, and the funeral text was John 11-25-26. A large concourse
of people followed the body to its last resting place. Rev. R.N.H. McAdams.


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