Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Hiram T. December 2, 1949
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Ionia County News - Thursday, Dec. 8, 1949

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR H. T. JOHNSON HELD LAST SUNDAY
Death Followed An Emergency Operation Here Last Friday

Hiram T. Johnson, 87, resident of Saranac for 70 years, died in Ionia County 
Memorial Hospital at 5:15 Friday morning, Dec. 2, following an emergency 
appendectomy.

Mr. Johnson was born in New York State, January 21, 1861. His father, Rev. 
Johnson was minister of the Free Methodist Church in Howard city and the family 
moved to Saranac from Howard City in 1879.

As a young man he was employed in Saranac and also sold insurance and real 
estate. In 1893 he founded the Saranac Advertiser, which he owned and operated 
until 1938. At that time he and his son, Norman, now deceased, sold the paper 
to Floyd and Kenneth Gibson. The Johnsons operated a real estate and insurance 
business as H.T. and N.S. Johnson, until the death of Norton Johnson several 
years ago and Mr. Johnson continued in this business until his death.

For many years Mr. Johnson was active in township, village and county affairs, 
and served as deputy oil inspector for tour years under George English and Gov. 
a. E. Sleeper of Bad Axe. He was widely known among the newspaper fraternity of 
Michigan and was a past president of the Michigan Press Association.

Only surviving relatives are a grandson, Norton Johnson of Western Michigan 
College of Education, Kalamazoo, and a granddaughter, Mrs. LaVerne Rudolph, of 
Holland, and two great-grandchildren.

Rev. Glenn McCarty, officiated at the funeral service held Sunday afternoon. 
Burial was in Saranac Cemetery beside his wife and son, Norman, who died 
several years ago.

Additional Comments:
Age: 89
Service: Sunday, 4 December 1949
Saranac cemetery #494

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