Show A Provo Sports Enthusiast Dies at al Home Telegram Lea Leased led Wire PROVO March 18 John 18 John William Wiliam Wil Wil- liam Ham Johnson 70 ardent sportsman sportsman sports sports- man and lifetime Provo resident died Friday at his home E. E South following a heart attack attack at at- tack suffered fast last ast Friday He had been in ill health for about a year fear Son of Niels and Josephine Johnson Johnson he was born Jan 22 1878 in Provo He received his his lis early education in the Provo city schools He worked with his father as a construction contractor tor building railroad grades and general excavations until 1903 He married Ezila Ann Safford Nov 27 1902 in the Salt Lake temple of the Church of at Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints Employed Employed Employed Em Em- by the Utah Wholesale Grocery Co he worked for the firm 20 years as a warehouseman He then worked for Suttons Sutton's market market market mar mar- ket and still later was employed employee by the Beesley Monument and Vault Co of Provo He was a member of the L D S church and was vitally interested in sports and did much to promote them in inthis inthis inthis this area Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Ed Leona Zabel San Diego Cal Cat two grandchildren dren three brothers and a sister J. J Edwin Johnson Lehi Alfred C. C Johnson Provo Stephen J JJohnson J. J Johnson Monticello Cal Cat and Mrs Josephine Cohen Mapleton Funeral services es will be conducted conducted con con- ducted Monday at pm p.m. in the Tenth Bonneville-Tenth L D S ward chapel chap chap- el el-by el by Earl B. B Clay thorn bishop o othe of the thOe Tenth ward Friends may call at the Berg mortuary Sunday from 6 to 8 pm p.m. and at the family home Monday prior to services Burial will be in Provo City burial buria park |