Walter W. Johnson

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WALTER W. JOHNSON Walter W. Johnson, 88, died Monday in Cooper Hospital after a short illness. A lifelong resident of Camden, he lived with his son, Maurice G., 415 Penn st. Formerly active in Republican circles, he was a retired city employe. He was formerly Republican leader of the Seventh Ward and a member of the Board of Freeholders from 1911 to 1913, and treasurer of the Ninth Ward Republican Association. He was chief clerk of the Highway Department for over 10 years. Mr. Johnson, whose wife, Ida, died in 1953, is also survived by two stepsons, Joseph Youker, of Westmont, and Frank Youker, of Blackwood, and two grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a. m. Thursday at the DuBois Funeral Home, 418 Chambers ave., with the Rev. D. C. Evans, of Broadway Methodist Church, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday night and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Walter W. Johnson, 88, died Monday in Cooper Hospital after a short illness. A lifelong resident of Camden, he lived with his son, Maurice G., 415 Penn st. Formerly active in Republican circles, he was a retired city employe. He was formerly Republican leader of the Seventh Ward and a member of the Board of Freeholders from 1911 to 1913, and treasurer of the Ninth Ward Republican Association. He was chief clerk of the Highway Department for over 10 years.

Mr. Johnson, whose wife, Ida, died in 1953, is also survived by two stepsons, Joseph Youker, of Westmont, and Frank Youker, of Blackwood, and two grandchildren.

Services will be held at 11 a. m. Thursday at the DuBois Funeral Home, 418 Chambers ave., with the Rev. D. C. Evans, of Broadway Methodist Church, officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday night and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.