This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JOHNSON, HARDING, LAMB, FREE, PECK, HOPE, MacLEOD, McINTYRE, ROFF, BUTTICE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5BC.2ACE/1067 Message Board Post: The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA., January 22, 1990, page 8 CECIL JOHNSON Cecil O. Johnson, 89, of 1312 S. Second Ave. died Jan. 19, 1990, at Walla Walla General Hospital. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Christ Lutheran Church. Robert McCoy, pastor of the Christ Lutheran Church, and Ken Carlson, pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church, Spokane, will officiate. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. Ritualistic service will be conducted by BPOE No. 287. Memorial contributions may be made to Christ Lutheran Church or a charity of the donor’s choice through the Herring Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder St. Mr. Johnson attended Dry Creek School and Dayton High School. Following his schooling, he hauled freight by wagon to the Mary Blue Mine in the central panhandle of Idaho. He homesteaded in Bear Valley, Idaho, and had a logging and tie-hacking operation at Rock Flat, Idaho. He later returned to the Walla Walla area where he farmed. He married Helen Harding on Aug. 28, 1937, in a Walla Walla. The couple made their home in Walla Walla where Mr. Johnson continued to farm. He also went into the real estate business and was a broker specializing in farmland. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Elks Lodge 287, Eagles Lodge 26, Prospect. Grange and Senior Citizens of Walla Walla. He enjoyed traveling with his wife and the couple had enjoyed trips abroad with friends. Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, at the home; three daughters, Marjorie Lamb and Eva May Lamb, both of Dixie, and Nancy Free of Walla Walla; a son, Les Johnson of Walla Walla; a foster son of Donald Kuykendall of Johnson City, Oregon; a sister, Velma Peck of Sacramento, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Frank and Francis “Buddy” Johnson; a daughter, Celia Hope; two brothers, Harry Johnson and G.C. MacLeod; and three sisters, Ethel McIntyre, Anna Roff and Ava Buttice. --------------------------------- The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, WA., January 22, 1990, page 8 JOHNSON – January 19, 1990 at Walla Walla General Hospital, Cecil O. Johnson, 89, of 1312 S. Second. Born on December 8, 1900 in Walla Walla. A member of Christ Lutheran Church; life member of B.P.O. Elks #287 and F.O. Eagles #26; member of the Prospect Point Grange and Senior Citizens of Walla Walla. Survived by his wife, Helen Harding Johnson at the home; three daughters, Marjorie Lamb and Eva May Lamb both of Dixie and Nancy Free of Walla Walla; 1 son, Les Johnson of Walla Walla; 1 foster son Donald Kuykendall of Johnson City, OR.; 1 sister, Velma Peck of Sacramento, CA.; 17 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by 1 daughter, Celia Hope; 2 sons, Frank and Francis Edward “Buddy” Johnson; 3 sisters, Ethel McIntyre, Anna Roff and Ava Buttice; and 2 brothers, Harry Johnson and G.A. MacLeod. Arrangements entrusted to the care of HERRING FUNERAL HOME, Virginia Herring Mah! an, Funeral Director. (Paid Notice) This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the person or event listed above, please post it as reply to this message.