Meade-Gregory County, SD Obituaries.....Johnson, Dr. Martin Henry October 30, 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lyle Johnson jolson8@rushmore.com March 4, 2007, 8:00 pm Sturgis Tribune Nov 7, 1979 Funeral srvices for Dr.Martin Henry Johnson,who died at Gregory,S.D. Oct.30 were held at 2 p.m.Nov.3 at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Rev.Norman A.McCallum officiating.Burial was in the Bear Butte Cemetery. Dr. Johnson was born November 7,1907 to Cyrus and Mary Johnson at their Bear Butte Valley ranch east of Sturgis.He attended Iowa State University and graduated with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1933.He worked on the eradication of brucellosis and tuberculosis among cattle in South Dakota and North Dakota for the U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry until the spring of 1940 when he and his wife Helen moved to Gregory to practice his profession there for the next 35 years.He retired in 1975. Survivors include his wife Helen,Gregory,one son,Don, and daughter-in-law Donna,and grandson Scott martin of Waynesboro,Va.,brother Cyrus B. Johnson,Sturgis,sisters Metta Morgan,Helena,Mont.,Mary Blair,Sturgis,Catherine Miller,Fullerton,Calif.,and half sister Ruth Healey,Washington,D.C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/meade/obits/j/johnson51gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb