Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....JOHNSON, R. LEWIS April 11, 1953
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Gladwin County Record dated 04-15/1953 Column - 7 Page - 1
SERVICES HELD HERE MONDAY

   R. L. Johnson, 59, retired Beaverton insurance man, died Saturday afternoon 
at his home following a six-month illness. He was the son of the late Earl and 
Mary Johnson and was born May 21, 1893, in Cass county, Iowa. On March 23, 
1915, he was married to Elizabeth B. Garver at Stanton, Michigan. Mr. Johnson 
came to Beaverton 20 years ago and for 13 years operated the hotel barber shop 
in addition to his insurance business. Late last fall, after 17 years in 
business, Mr. Johnson retired because of ill health.
   He was interested and active in civic and fraternal affairs. He served as 
president of the Beaverton Lions Club, was a member of the Beaverton F. & A.M. 
and O.E.S. and the Gladwin I.O.O.F. and Rebekah Lodge, the Royal Arch Masons 
of Farwell and the I.O.O.F. Encampment. He was a past chief patriach fo the 
Encampment, a member of the state and national association of insurance 
agents, the Gladwin Sportsman's Club, the Beaverton Business-men's 
Association, and of the Beaverton L.D.S. Church. He also acted as president fo 
the Beaverton P.T.A. for two years.
   Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth; three sons, Willard of Royal Oak, and 
Wellington and Keith, of Ferndale; two daughters, Mrs. Elwood Larch of Marine, 
Ill., and Phila Mae at home; eight grandchildren; one brother, Charles W. 
Johnson, of Lancaster, Calif. and three step sisters, Mrs. Esther Baker of 
Creston, Ohio, Mrs. Luella Goodfellow, of Sparta, and Mrs. Ouida Norris fo 
Lake Odessa.
   Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Hall Funeral Home with 
Elder Elmer Kintner, of Harrison, officiating. Interment was made in the 
Beaverton cemetery. 

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