At her home in Clarkston, Wash., April 15, 1932, Mrs. Paul W. Johnson, in the fifty-fifth year of her age. Lura M. Burdick was born September 2, 1877, in the township of Lima, in the vicinity of Milton, Wis. Her father was Silas Greenman Burdick son of Ethan Burdick. Her mother was Hannah Hull Burdick, only daughter of Rev. O. P. Hull. Her grandmother Burdick was Amy Allen and her grandmother Hull was Emma Davis.
When Lura was a little girl she publicly accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior, and was baptized by Elder Nathan Wardner. She has been a member of the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist Church for forty-three years. After being graduated from high school she attended Milton College for a time and then became a successful teacher of rural schools. She spent some time in the home of her sister, Mrs. Geo. B. Shaw, in New York City and in Plainfield, N. J.
In 1903, she was married to Dr. Paul W. Johnson, son of Elder F. F. Johnson. In 1904, they located in Clarkston, Wash. The doctor's office is across the river in Lewiston, Idaho. She is survived by her husband and by three daughters and a granddaughter: Elizabeth, wife of J. Paul Greene of Salem, N. Y.; Marjorie, wife of George H. Day of Seattle, Wash.; Helen, who is a student in Milton College; and little Helen Ruth Greene.
Mrs. Johnson was the only sister of Mrs. Shaw, and Deacon H. M. Burdick, of Milton Junction, was an only brother.
She was loyal to the Seventh Day Baptist denomination, to its publications and its schools, and to the local church of which she and her family were members. But this loyalty did not hinder her becoming a trusted leader in the social, civic and cultural activities of the city in which she lived. She was broad and liberal without being shallow. Her friends were as many as her acquaintances. A funeral service was held in the late home in Clarkston, conducted by Rev. David Brown, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. To this service were brought more than fifty floral pieces; some were from those classed as domestic help.
Doctor Johnson and his daughters came to Milton Junction, Wis., where the funeral was held, and where burial was made. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. John Randolph, pastor of the church, and by Rev. Edwin Shaw. Mrs. Leland Shaw played the pipe organ, and the Milton College male quartet sang. The writer may be pardoned for adding that for his four daughters, their "Aunt Lura" was an ideal woman.
G. B. S.
