Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — Death Scourges One Family. [ARTICLE]

Death Scourges One Family.

The funeral of Samuel Johnson, a printer, was held Sunday afternoon at Denver. His sister’s body lay in an adjoining room and in the same house the mother was dying. Johnston died of pneumonia after a long sickness. Mary Johnston died of a broken heart, and Mrs. Elizabeth . Johnston," the mother, died Monday evening from exhaustion and heart trouble aggravated by her prolonged watching and care of her son. Mother and daughter were buried Monday. The father and another son are in the mountains and cannot be reached, so they are in ignorance of the deaths.