OBIT: Bessie E. (OAKMAN) JOHNSON, 1999, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Jean Wall. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ JOHNSON Bessie E. Johnson, 80, of Somerset died Dec. 2, 1999, at Somerset Hospital. Born Feb. 16, 1919, in Mcdonaldton, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Bessie Belle Oakman. Also preceded in death by husband, Paul W. Johnson; granddaughter Angel and 9 brothers and one twin sister. Survived by children: Althea Houpt and Paul W. Johnson, married to the former Linda Foust, both of Somerset, Grandchildren: Marcy Beggs, Brian Houpt, David Houpt, Tami Yutzy, Pamela Geary. Eight great-grandchildren. Sister of Lloyd Oakman of Willoughby, Ohio. Also, survived by beloved poodle, Teddy. Attended Somerset Church of the Nazarene. Retired nurses aide at Somerset State Hospital. Friends received from 7 to 9 Friday and 2-4 and 7-9 Saturday at the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Donald Krestar officiating. Interment, Husband Cemetery. Daily American, December 3, 1999 [J0139]