OBIT: Jonas Josiah JOHNSON, 1989, of interest in 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/ _______________________________________________ JONAS J. JOHNSON Jonas Josiah Johnson, 53, of Grantsville RD 1, Md., died Thursday, Aug. 31, 1989, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md. Born Feb. 11, 1936, in Grantsville, Md., he was the son of the late Jonas Harrison and Anna (Fitzpatrick) Johnson. He was a sawmill operator and a member of the Methodist Church and Casselman Valley Sportsmen's Club. Surviving are his widow, Mary V. (Ross) Johnson; two stepson, Melvin Lininger and Cecil E. Stein, both of Grantsville, Md.; one stepdaughter, Mary Alice Deem, Deer Park, Md.; three brothers, Clement Johnson, Cumberland, Md.; David Johnson, of Ohio; and Boyd Johnson, Oakland, Md.; two sister, Mary Crosco, Deer Park, Md.; and Effie Johnson, Kensington; and five step-grandchildren. Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville, where services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. W. W. Marin. Interment, Grantsville Cemetery. The Republic, September 7, 1989 [J0187]