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Nora M Long Johnston

20 Sep 1871 – 4 May 1950

Birth20 Sep 1871
Death4 May 1950
CemeteryShaul Cemetery
Ottumwa , Wapello County , Iowa , USA
Added bydjtruitt on 01 May 2018
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150486360

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Shaul Bk 3 Pg 125 78Y

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Nora was first married to Charles S. Gillette on December 24, 1891, in Ringgold, Iowa. She married Seth T. Johnson on May 22, 1918, in Ringgold, Iowa. Her name has been transcribed on the marriage record in ancestry.com as Nora Long. By clicking on the marriage record and looking at the actual record, it may be seen that at the time of her marriage to Seth, her name was Nora Gillette. Her maiden name of Nora Long was written under Nora Gillette. ---------------------------------- Obituary From “Ottumwa Courier,” May 5, 1950: Mrs. Nora M. Johnston, 78, died Thursday at 7 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. Wesley Smith of 540 Hamilton street. The daughter of John and Mary Long, she was born September 20, 1871, in Van Wert, Iowa. Her marriage to Charles S. Gillette took place December 24, 1891. Her marriage to Seth T. Johnston took place May 22, 1918. He preceded her in death November 30, 1942. A resident of Ottumwa for the past two years, she was a member of the Christian church. Mrs. Johnston is survived by one son, Howard A. Gillette of Coal Valley, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Pearl E. Smith of Ottumwa and Mrs. Hettie M. Burns of Moline, Ill.; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, one sister and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Johnson funeral chapel in charge of the Rev. Sherman R. Hanson of the Davis Street Christian church. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn cemetery [sic]. Grandsons will act as pallbearers.

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