OBIT: Walter A. JOHNSON, 1987, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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  JOHNSON
  
  Walter A. Johnson, 84, of 701 Main St., Berlin, died Dec. 6, 1981, in Maple
  Mountain Manor.  He was born May 31, 1897, in Berlin, a son of John N. and
  Rebecca (Heinemeyer) Johnson.  He was preceded in death by his parents;
  wife, the former Elizabeth Knepper; and one brother, Dr. Alfred H.  He is
  survived by a daughter, Geraldine, married to Dr. Jacob W. Stutzman, St.
  Paul, Minn.; a grandson, Walter J. Stutzman, Brandford, Conn.; and a
  great-grandson, Michael.  Also a brother, Eugene C. of Berlin.  He was a
  former partner of Johnson and Son Funeral Home and Johnson and Son Ethan
  Allen Gallery.  He was a life lone member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church;
  a veteran of World War I; member of Harry Fisher Post No. 445 American
  Legion; 40 et 8; veterans of World War I of U.S.A. Barracks No. 3218,
  Somerset; Meyersdale Lodge No. 554 F and AM; Hebron Royal Arch Chapter No.
  272, Meyersdale; Oriental Commandry No. 61 Knights Templar of Johnstown;
  Jaffa Temple Shrine, Altoona.  He was a member of the 100th Anniversary
  Class of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley, Harrisburg, and a 32nd
  Degree Mason.  He had been a funeral director in Berlin since 1919, was a
  member of the NFDA, PFDA and Somerset County Funeral Directors Assn., where
  he served as secretary for 35 years.  He was a member of the Berlin
  Sportsmen’s Assn., Mountain Field and Stream Sportsmen's Club of Roxbury,
  charter member of Berlin Lions Club, charter member of Berlin Volunteer
  Fire Dept. and a member of the Hillcrest Grange.  Friends will be received
  2-4 and 7-9 p.m.  Tuesday at the Johnson-Kuhlman Funeral Home, Berlin,
  where services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, the Rev. Kenneth S.
  Swanson and the Rev. Ralph E. Mills officiating.  Interment, Berlin
  I.O.O.F. Cemetery.  Contributions in his memory to the Berlin Cemetery
  Assn.  Perpetual Care Fund or Holy Trinity Lutheran Church would be
  appreciated.  The Berlin Volunteer Fire Dept. will conduct a memorial
  service at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
  
  Daily American, December 8, 1981
  
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