Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Alta M. 1944
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Lake Odessa Wave, Nov 1944

Following an illness of several months, Miss Alta Johnson passed away Thursday 
at Ann Arbor where she had gone for treatment.  Miss Johnson was born in Lake 
Odessa, July 1, 1883 and graduated from the Lake Odessa schools in 1900.  After 
taking work at Ypsilanti, she began teaching school at the age of 18 and 
followed the teaching profession all her life.

After spending 15 years teaching in Odessa and Sebewa townships, she went to 
Spokane, Wash., where she taught school for 25 years.  She returned to Michigan 
three years ago and was teaching in the Detroit schools when illness overtook 
her.  She was an excellent teacher preferring early teen ages and was 
particularly thoughtful of the welfare of her pupils.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Edna Furniss at Nashville and Miss Gail Johnson 
at Spokane, and four brothers, Thomas, Frank and Royal in Lake Odessa, and 
Harry at Knightstown, Ind.

The funeral was held at the Wortley & Baine chapel Sunday afternoon with the 
Rev. Raymond E. Durkee officiating.  The pall bearers were the four brothers 
and two nephews Robert Johnson and Arthur Bateman.

Those from out of town who were in attendance at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Johnson of Knightstown, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Von Furniss and daughter Miss 
Pauline Furniss of Nashville, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bateman of Detroit, Mr. and 
Mrs. Robert Johnson of Chicago, Mrs. T. Dwight Johnson of Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. 
I. T. Fletcher of Sebewa, Mr. and Mrs. Marian Anway of Flint, Mrs. Goldie 
Battles and Mrs. Gladys Rainey of Findlay, Ohio, and Mrs. Mary Norton of Grand 
Rapids.


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