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Otto B. Johannes

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Otto B. Johannes

Birth
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
Death
25 Apr 1979 (aged 85)
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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The Columbus Telegram, April 27, 1979
[photo of Otto B. Johannes]
JOHANNES - Funeral services for Otto B. Johannes, 85, 5906 Wirt St., Omaha, who died Wednesday evening in Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, are set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, Columbus. Rev. John Mikkelsen will officiate with burial in Roselawn Cemetery.
He lies in state today at Gass-Haney Funeral Home and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Born July 31, 1893 in Columbus, he was the son of John H. and Louise (Frank) Johannes. He married Edith Boyd on March 17, 1915, and lived in Columbus until moving to Omaha in 1977.
He was owner and opoerater of a locksmith shop in Columbus, and a member of the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department for over 60 years, serving as Chief and in various other offices of the department. He was active in the Nebraska Volunteer Firemans Association and was chairman of the Fire School Committee for 18 years.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Edith of Omaha; son, O. Boyd of Ann Arbor, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Charlotte) Katerges of Newark, Calif., Mrs. Harry (Eletha) Sheldon, Omaha; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Rueter, Mrs. Martha Bushnell and Mrs. Irma Johnson, all of Columbus; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
His parents, three brothers, one sister and two grandsons preceded him in death.
The family suggest memorials to the First United Methodist Church of Columbus.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1979.html
The Columbus Telegram, April 27, 1979
[photo of Otto B. Johannes]
JOHANNES - Funeral services for Otto B. Johannes, 85, 5906 Wirt St., Omaha, who died Wednesday evening in Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, are set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, Columbus. Rev. John Mikkelsen will officiate with burial in Roselawn Cemetery.
He lies in state today at Gass-Haney Funeral Home and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Born July 31, 1893 in Columbus, he was the son of John H. and Louise (Frank) Johannes. He married Edith Boyd on March 17, 1915, and lived in Columbus until moving to Omaha in 1977.
He was owner and opoerater of a locksmith shop in Columbus, and a member of the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department for over 60 years, serving as Chief and in various other offices of the department. He was active in the Nebraska Volunteer Firemans Association and was chairman of the Fire School Committee for 18 years.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Edith of Omaha; son, O. Boyd of Ann Arbor, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Charlotte) Katerges of Newark, Calif., Mrs. Harry (Eletha) Sheldon, Omaha; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Rueter, Mrs. Martha Bushnell and Mrs. Irma Johnson, all of Columbus; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
His parents, three brothers, one sister and two grandsons preceded him in death.
The family suggest memorials to the First United Methodist Church of Columbus.


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  • Created by: Don
  • Added: Aug 2, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20759424/otto_b-johannes: accessed ), memorial page for Otto B. Johannes (31 Jul 1893–25 Apr 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20759424, citing Roselawn Memorial Park, Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Don (contributor 46558676).