Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-07-12
MRS. ARTHUR JOHNSON
DIED PEACEFULLY
Former Pullman Girl Died With u
Smile ON Her Lips After Months
of Patient Suffering

Complete details of the death and
| funeral OF Mrs. Arthur Johnson, the
former Pullman girl, who died
on Wednesday of last week at To-
roda Washington, and mention of
which was made in last weeks Her.
aid, are contained in letters received
this week by friends of the young
matron from Mrs. |. A. Buckley, sis
ter-n-law of Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. Johnson, form erly Miss Ella
Thompson, was born at Springdale,
Ohio September 21, 1896, and was
, years, 9 months and II days old
at the time of her death. which oc-
Cured July 3. She came to Pullman
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Thompson, from Oakville, several
years ago, the mother passing away
soon after locating here. She attend
ed the Pullman high school and on
June 4, 1916, was united in marriage
to Arthur Johnson, a resident of
Pullman since childhood, the cere-
mony being performed at the home
of her father in Valleyford. On Sep
TENDER 5, 1917, a son was born,
Keith, having become 10 months of
age on the day his mother was
buried
Soon after the baby was born the
mother became stricken with lung
trouble, and this spring the family
removed to Toroda in the hope that
her health might improve in the diff
ferent climate. Since April however.
her decline has been rapid, and for
over a month she was confined to
her bed suffering intense pain dur
ing the last days of her illness.
Funeral services were held from
Eagle Cliff school house, near the
Johnson residence, the services being
in charge of the Rev. Mr. McMurdo
of Midway, B. c., and interment was
in Eagle Cliff cemetery. The serv-
ices were simple. but very Impress
i've. A trio including l. A. Buckley
Mrs. James Robinson and Mrs. w. f.
Nichols sang three songs Some Time
Wen Understand. Some Sweet
Day, Bye and Bye" and Asleep in
Jesus" The floral tributes were
many and beautiful, panses and
sweet Williams worked into wreaths
with tamarack brought for foliage
predominating
Mrs. Johnson died as she had lived,
happy, cOntented, at peace with the
world. Even though she suffered in
tense pain during the last few days,
and knew that the end was near, she
greeted all who approached her bed
side with a smile, secure in the
knowledge that she had lived a life
that entitled her to the golden keys
that open the palace of eternity. AS
she closed her eyes in her last long
sleep that smile of contentment be-
came even more pronounced and
with the announcement that the end
peacefully breathed her last A
sweeter, purer spirit never claimed
admittance to heaven. Ella John
son lived as her Bible told her to live
and died in the contentment that
comes only after a service well per-
forme ed, life we'll lived.
Aside from her husband and little
son, Mrs. Johnson is survived by her
father. S. Thompson, of Opportunity,
three brothers and four sisters. One
sister, Mrs. C. w Mclaughlin, lives
near Tacoma, while three others,
Emma, May and Bessie, are with the
father at Opportunity, as is also the
younger brother Sammie. Charles
Thompson, brother, is in New Mex
leo, while George resides at Chehals.
With Mrs. Johnson during her last
illness, besides her husband, were
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. John
son, who expect soon to return to
Pullman with the little boy who has
been made motherless. Her father
had visited her only a few days pre-
yious to her death.
The sympathy of hundreds of Pull
man people goes out to the bereaved
husband and other relatives in the
hour of their great sorrow.