Obit: Johnson, Sever #2 (1842 – 1907)

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Surnames: Johnson, Scovill, Foster, Magee, Reid, Hazelton, Fallet, Frisbie, Macomber, Anderson, Sherwood, Herbert

----Source: Fairchild Observer (Fairchild, Wis.) 11/27/1907

Johnson, Sever (13 Apr 1842 – 20 Nov 1907)

The funeral of Sever Johnson was held Saturday forenoon at the M.E. Church, where a large number of the neighbors and friends assembled to pay their last tribute of affection. Rev. Scovill in a short but beautiful sermon spoke words of comfort to relatives and friends, taking his text from St. Johns Gospel 14-2: “In my Father’s house there are many mansions.” Etc., and his illustrations of the passing of the soul from this life to the great life beyond was listened to with marked attention by all and could not help but bring solace to the bereaved wife and children.

A choir composed of Mrs. Will Foster, Misses Magee, Reid, Hazelton and Fallett and Dr. Frisbie sang “Lead Kindly Light” and “It is Well with My Soul”. Messrs Cal Macomber, Nels J. Anderson, John Anderson, C.M. Sherwood and Wm. Herbert were pall bearers and internment took place in the Protestant Cemetery.

The family were all present at the service with the exception of one son, John. It was impossible to reach him as he was outside of communication at the time. A brother of Mr. Johnson from Whitehall, Wis., with his family were also present.

Sever Johnson was born at Christiana, Norway, April 13, 1842. In 1874 he came to America settling first at Osseo where he lived for three years, and then moved to Fairchild, where he has lived continuously, building a small house at first on the same location where his home stood that was consumed by fire a few days ago, gradually enlarging it as needs demanded. Not being a man who cared to mingle with the outside world he led a quiet life, raising a family of seven children and finding his happiness in his domestic circle. To his friends he was truly appreciated for his kind and generous disposition, and by his acquaintances he was admired for his faculty of attending strictly to his own affairs.