Published in the Pilot-Tribune 3/21/1917

Mrs. Peter Johnson, who lived on a farm nine miles south of Blair, was found dead in the bed yesterday morning when they went to call her about 7 o’clock. Death was evidently from heart failure, though she had given no signs of it previously. The funeral will be held at the house at 1 o’clock tomorrow, interment in the Ft. Calhoun cemetery. Mary Oden was born in Holstien, Germany, Dec. 8th, 1847, and was therefore past 69 years of age. She came to this country when a small girl and was married to Peter Johnson at Ft. Calhoun in 1876, living there one year. The next year they moved out on the farm where she died, after a residence of 38 years. Besides the husband she leaves eight children: Richard lives near Irvington, Mrs. Henry Nohrenberg on the Ben Sheffield place south of Blair, Mrs. William Nohrenberg near DeSoto, Otto is at home, Mrs. Wm. Heisch near Florence, Peter near Herman, Mrs. Henry Heisch near Florence, and Mrs. Walter Petersen near Irvington.