Show of SHII H COUNTY passes h why funeral services for mrs elna eina Blood leson johnson were held wednesday afternoon in first yard nyard chapel elna Bood leson johnson the oldest pioneer of sevier county passed away sunday at the home of her daughter I 1 mrs sarah peterson after an illness of five days day the loe and respect of friends friend and relatives relative was accorded lier her at funeral services er vices held wednesday afternoon in the first ward chapel As tile the procession pio cession entered the chapel nearer my illy god to thee was played by mrs N an anna na callaway at the piano and maxine erickson violinist the profusion of beat beace ticul howers flowers was carried by bv a group of children members of the family bishop F JM INI ogden officiated at the services consoling musical numbers were under direction of mrs vern blomquist with mrs anna callaway at the organ A quartet comp composed axed of INT mrs rs L A poulson mrs avem vem V blomquist Q D han hansen hanen en anti and kent cobb gave beautiful renditions rendition q of rest rest for the weary soul anti and my father knows mrs L A poulson sang sweet hour of grayer prayer and maxine marine erickson played a violin solo A biographical sketch of mrs johnson was given by a member of the organization of the daughters of utah pioneers mrs mr eliza nelson and resolutions of respect from alii this 3 organization were nere read by mrs minnie A J ashman on motherhood and of the wonderful influence and work of the pioneer mother in the development or oi our country president R D young a life long friend of the family stressed the love which guided mrs johnson in her home life and won on for her the respect of friends and family bishop F M ogden made a few closing remarks and the benediction was wag pronounced by geo H ogden the pallbearers pall bearers were nere vege christensen lamont lament beutler dee ogden merwyn handley horace nielson and johney winkel mrs mra johnson johns on W was as born alay may 20 1835 in broby sogn sweden in copenhagen denmark in 1865 slie she heard for the first fir t time of the L D S missionaries and in that city embraced the mormon faith and was baptized by buesen she returned to sweden and made preparations to sail for america her mother did not oppose her joining the mormon church but neither she nor any of the other relatives joined the church and the young convert came to utah alone leaving on april 4 1864 she left malmo sweden S eden in in company with the family of lars swenson after seven weeks tr travel avel they landed in new york from there ther going to nebraska where the emigrants stayed for two or three weeks making preparations for the ion long journey across the plains a distance of a thousand miles mrs johnson walked all the way from omaha nebraska to salt lake city arriving there september 15 th the e trip taking g five months captain preston had charge of her company she found herself a lone girl in a strange land she did not know the language Ian guage of the th people but how she prayed that she might learn leam to talk and understand she left salt lake with one of the teamsters ministers tf ini race cahoon for Brig brigham hain city to work in the american family of jarvise johnson 0 on may 27 1865 she and a nd james nicholai johnson Jofin on er married marriet I 1 in tile endowment house in salt kaalt lake city in 1866 in answer to a call from brigham Brig liam young they with other brigham City people left to colof lize southern nevada they started on oft october ag 06 1866 when their first child a baW baby girl was only two weeks old they never once went into a house to heba steep of br to eat a meal they heated rocks rock 14 ta lay jay in the anva wag gons to warm mhd hi selves and washed the clothes clothe z in the st streams reanis in III crossing sill the virgin river the wagon tongue gu broke and the family had to sleep in mid stream all night the wagons a at lest be t ere not ideal conveyances one of the them in being drawn by an 0 and a cow the company arrived at A beaver dani dam on the virgin river at christmas Christi lim time after ar suffering lFering su from hungar cold and exposure the johnson home like many others that winter win consisted of a wagon ho arid and PO pots d ali down and interwoven with willows plastered inside and out with mud in the spring they continued their journey to st thomas nevada where they lived four years buffe suffering ring from intense heat and with little cibe to eat but molasses and bread ti time me pieces and calendars were unknown wn until one day a stranger came to tile house informing them it was christmas day two sons were here born at st thomas both dying in chi childhood lahood president brigham young released them from this mission and they carvi again to utah arriving in Ri richfield clifield september 1871 making there home hero here when there were only a few sm ill houses and dugouts dug outs mr johnson died in mexico in 1900 surviving mrs johnson are one daughter mra bink sarah sir all peterson one granddaughter mrs elithe P sumner and one great grandson scharf sumner several nieces and nephews a also survive sur vivo most of them living in illinois mrs johnsons sister christine erial erickson son whose home was in illinois passed away five years ago at the age of 93 |