Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/11021 Surname: JOHNSON, CONVERSE, HOPKINS ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Monday, June 3, 1963, pB-1 87 YEAR OLD COULTERVILLE NATIVE DIES Ida Mae Johnson, daughter of a California pioneer and a Coulterville, Mariposa County, resident for 78 years, died yesterday in a Modesto hospital after a long illness. She was 87. Mrs. Johnson had lived in Modesto for nine years. She was born on Greeley Hill, near Coulterville, in 1876. CALIFORNIA PIONEER Her father, John L. Converse, came to California from Iowa in 1851 and mined in the Mariposa County area before homesteading the 280 acre Converse ranch which today is run by his son, John L. Converse, Jr. and a grandson. Mrs. Johnson's mother came to California from Massachusetts in 1859. SURVIVORS Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Daisy L. Hopkins of Modesto, a son Peter C. Johnson of Carson City, Nev., her brother, John L. Converse, Jr.; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Graveside services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Modesto Cemetery. The Rev. R. F. Winkelman will officiate. The Franklin & Downs Funeral Home is in charge of services. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank