Mary S. Dunn was born at Oregon, Mo. April 19, 1852. She grew to womanhood at this place, and was united in marriage to Richard Johnson December 26, 1872. they came to Plattsmouth where they established a home on the raw prairies. Here they lived for twenty five years, and on this farm their seven children were born.

In the spring of 1898 they moved to this county where they have resided since that time.

Mrs. Johnson has been a consistent member of the Christian Church since a girl, and has lived the part. She was a woman of energy and a good mother to her children. Conscientious and of a kind and sociable disposition, she had many friends who sympathize with the family in their bereavement.

She suffered an attack of pneumonia, and after lingering for some time, and owing to her advanced age, she died on last Saturday. The body was moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Gilbertson, where the funeral services, with Rev. Robb officiating, were held on last Monday, and interment made in the Blair cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, two sons, J. H. and C. E. Johnson of Herman, Neb., and two daughters, Mrs. Oscar Gilbertson and Miss Hattie Johnson of Blair.

#2-21 Apr., 1921 - The Tribune - Mary S. (Dunn) Johnson

MRS. RICHARD JOHNSON DEAD AS RESULT OF PNEUMONIA

Mrs. Richard Johnson, well and favorably known in this part of Washington county, departed this life at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16, 1921 at her home in the DeSoto neighborhood.

Mrs. Johnson had been suffering from a severe cold and was very ill for two weeks before she would consent to go to bed. When she did, the cold took a violent turn and pneumonia developed. In one week more the death angel claimed her and her tired spirit returned to the God who gave it.

Mary A. Dunn was born April 19, 1852 at Oregon, Mo., and lacked but three days of being 69 years old at the time of her passing. She was married to Richard Johnson and came with him to the Nebraska prairies, locating near Plattsmouth, where she lived for twenty five years. Here seven children were born. They were J. H. and E. C. Johnson, now businessmen at Herman; Mrs. Oscar Gilbertson, residing near Blair; Miss Hattie, who lived at home and was the constant companion and pal of her mother; Anna, Eddie and Carrol, who passed away in early life.

After the body had been prepared for burial, it was taken to the home of the daughter, Mrs. Gilbertson, on account of the extremely bad roads in the DeSoto hills near her late home.

The funeral was held Monday from the Gilbertson home and was attended by a large concourse of old time friends and neighbors who came to pay their homage to a woman who had been a faithful, hard working wife, a loving and devoted mother and a true friend. She was a good woman, and like a good man, “is the noblest work of God”. There was a profusion of lovely flowers which would have given her untold happiness - for she was a most appreciative woman - could she have had them during her lifetime.

Rev. Robb of the Christian church of which she was a member spoke words of comfort to the sorrowing ones, and she was laid to rest in the Blair cemetery near the place she had lived since 1898.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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