George B. Johnson, Ex-Patrolman, Dies

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Camden Courier-Post, September 21, 1942 — George B. Johnson obituary
Camden Courier-Post, September 21, 1942
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GEORGE B. JOHNSON, EX-PATROLMAN, DIES George B. Johnson, 80, who retired as patrolman in the Camden Police Department in 1920, died Saturday after an illness of two years. Mr. Johnson was a member of the department for 21 years, and was appointed under Mayor Charles H. Ellis in 1899. He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Camden Police Beneficial Association, Amity Lodge, IOOF, and Camden Lodge No. 111, LOOM. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leo Carpenter, 213 North Thirty-ninth street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of the Sudler-Eichel funeral home, Twenty-seventh and Carman streets. A son, N. Parker Johnson, of Newark; a brother, Mathias, of Doylestown, Pa., and three sisters, Mrs. Kate Riley and Mrs. Laura Hurff, both of Woodstown, and Mrs. Carrie Ward, of Elmer, also survive.

George B. Johnson, 80, who retired as patrolman in the Camden Police Department in 1920, died Saturday after an illness of two years.

Mr. Johnson was a member of the department for 21 years, and was appointed under Mayor Charles H. Ellis in 1899. He was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Camden Police Beneficial Association, Amity Lodge, IOOF, and Camden Lodge No. 111, LOOM.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leo Carpenter, 213 North Thirty-ninth street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of the Sudler-Eichel funeral home, Twenty-seventh and Carman streets.

A son, N. Parker Johnson, of Newark; a brother, Mathias, of Doylestown, Pa., and three sisters, Mrs. Kate Riley and Mrs. Laura Hurff, both of Woodstown, and Mrs. Carrie Ward, of Elmer, also survive.

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