Ancestors of Paul Johnson Generation No. 1 1. Paul Johnson, born May 5, 1941 in Marshfield, Wood, WI. He was the son of 2. Herbert Cassius Johnson and 3. Adele Gertrude Harsch . He married (1) Mary Jane O'Brien November 26, 1965 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. She was born April 14, 1940 in Williamsburg, Iowa, IA. She was the daughter of Raymond Joseph O'Brien and Ellen Irene McGrory. He married (2) Kathy Adele Golightly June 27, 1998 in Wabeno, Forest, WI. She was born November 29, 1935 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. She was the daughter of William Bruce Golightly and Dorothy Agnes Klein. More About Paul Johnson: Degree: B.S., Speech Education: St. Norbert College, 1963 Graduation: Columbus High School 1959 More About Mary Jane O'Brien: Degree: B.A. Education Education: Marycrest College, 1963 Graduation: Parnell High School, 1958 Occupation: Occupation - Teacher 1963-1990 Generation No. 2 2. Herbert Cassius Johnson, born November 19, 1915 in Marshfield,Wood, WI; died December 18, 1979 in Marshfield, Wood, WI. He was the son of 4. John Edward Johnson and 5. Eva Estelle Knickerbocker . He married 3. Adele Gertrude Harsch May 17, 1938 in La Crosse, La Crosse, WI. 3. Adele Gertrude Harsch, born August 10, 1917 in Glen Haven, Grant, WI; died October 17, 1996 in Marshfield, Wood, WI. She was the daughter of 6. Leo Meattheas Harsch and 7. Margaret Helen Rauch . Notes for Herbert Cassius Johnson: Enlisted March 19 1934, 135th Medical Regiment Band, WI Natl Guard, to December 30, 1940. Honorable Discharge, Reason: Dependents Drafted March 3, 1945, Trained at Ft. Sill OK, Radioman, Battery 34, 8th Regiment, Field Artillary Replacement Training Center, Discharged Nov 19, 1945 from Ft. Ord, CA Obituary .Funeral services held at 10:30 Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church. Rev. Joseph Martinson officiated. Wanda Wallis provided music. Died at 1:00 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital. Burial with military rites by American Legion Post 54 held at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Jack Davis, Peter Trudeau, Jeff Siemers, Dan Harsch, Patrick Johnson and Tom Southworth pallbearers. Rembs Kundinger Funeral Home handled arrangements. St. John's Rosary Alter Society, Catholic Daughters of America, Elks Lodge of Sorrow, and St. John's parish vigil participated in services. WWII veteran. Attended grade school in Marshfield and attended high school at McKinley High School in Marshfield. Went into business with father in 1935 at H. Ebbe Company, bought business from father in 1946 serving as president and owner until 1965. From 1966 until death was office manager at Peterson Brothers. Member of American Legion, Elks Lodge, United Commercial Travelers, Side Saddlers Club, and St. John's Catholic Church, Samoset Council, recipient of Silver Beaver Award. Survived by nine children and eight grandchildren. Memorials given to Columbus High School Scholarship Fund or St. John's Catholic Church. More About Herbert Cassius Johnson: Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Marshfield, WI Cause of Death: Cardiac arrest Military service: 135th Medical Regiment Band, 1934-40, US Army 1944-45 Occupation: Owner, H. Ebbe Co. 1 More About Adele Gertrude Harsch: Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Marshfield, WI Graduation: 1935, McKinley HS, Marshfield, WI Children of Herbert Johnson and Adele Harsch are: i. Barbara Lynne Johnson, born March 8, 1939 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married Robert Arthur Waid March 15, 1958 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; born August 31, 1936 in Waupaca, Waupaca, WI; died August 28, 1998 in Manitowoc, Mainitowoc, WI. More About Barbara Lynne Johnson: Education: Columbus High School, Marshfield, WI Graduation: 1957 More About Robert Arthur Waid: Degree: BA - Music Education: UW-SP, Stevens Point, WI 1 ii. Paul Johnson, born May 5, 1941 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married (1) Mary Jane O'Brien November 26, 1965 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; married (2) Kathy Adele Golightly June 27, 1998 in Wabeno, Forest, WI. iii. Charles Leo Johnson, born August 12, 1943 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; died June 23, 1967 in Siagon, South Vietnam. Notes for Charles Leo Johnson: WOUNDS ARE FATAL Lt. Charles Johnson Dies in Vietnam War The war in Vietnam has claimed the life of another Marshfield young man. He was 1st Lt. Charles L. Johnson, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Johnson, 308 E. Third St. The lieutenant, a tank commander with the 25th Infantry, died at 1:15 p.m. yesterday in a Vietnam hospital of shell-fragment wounds received in action against the Viet Cong. * * * His parents were personally notified of their son's death by an officer from Camp McCoy a-bout 8 o'clock this morning. The body is expected to be returned to Marshfield about the middle of next week. Arrangements are being made for the lieutenant's cousin, Marine Sgt. James Grancorwitz, also of Marshfield, to serve escort for the body, if possible. Gracorwitz is stationed at Alameda, Calif. Lt. Johnson was horn in Marshfield Aug. 12. 1945. He was a 1961 graduate of Columbus High School, and was a mid-term graduate of St. Norbert College, West De Pere, early in 1966. He majored in accounting and received a Bachelor of science degree in business administration. * * * While in college, he was active in the college band and orchestra, the Collegians, and was a member of Sigma Tau Gamma, the military fraternity, A.U.S.A. On Feb. 21 last year he received his second lieutenant's commission in the armored ,branch of the Reserves and reported for duty May 2 at Ft. Knox, Ky. Up to that time he had been employed by Diana Paper Products at Green Bay. He arrived in Vietnam May 1 this year and was promoted to first lieutenant at that time. * * * Survivors include his parents; three brothers, Paul. Milwaukee, and David and Philip at - home: five sisters Mrs. Robert (Barbara) Waid, Manitowoc. Carol. Milwaukee, and Mary. Christine. Margaret and Ann, all at home; his paternal grandfather, John Johnson. Marshfield, and his maternal grandmother Mrs. Leo Harsch, Milwaukee. A sister Jane 4, preceded him in death More About Charles Leo Johnson: Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Marshfield, WI Cause of Death: Shrapnel Wounds to the head Degree: 1965, St. Norbert College, B.S./B.A Graduation: 1961, Columbus High School, Marshfield, WI iv. Carol Eva Johnson, born January 31, 1945 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married Richard Eugene Treu May 1, 1971 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; born May 2, 1945 in Tomah, Monroe, WI. v. Mary Ann Johnson, born December 30, 1947 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married James Joseph Sterzinger August 8, 1970 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; born November 5, 1948 in Uchitimari, Okinawa, Japan. 2 Notes for Mary Ann Johnson: BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS:Wood County Marriage Records; 1970;Register of Deeds Office; Vol.45,p.47; Wisconsin,Rapids, Wisconsin; note:married at St John the Baptist Church, Marshfield,Wisconsin. Notes for Mary Ann Johnson: Married at St John the Baptist Church, Marshfield,Wisconsin More About Mary Ann Johnson: Graduation: Columbus High School, Marshfield, WI Notes for James Joseph Sterzinger: BIRTH-MARRIAGE-PARENTS:Wood County Marriage Records;1970;Register of Deeds Office;Vol.45,p.47;Wisconsin,Rapids,Wisconsin;note:married at St John the Baptist Church, Marshfield, Wisconsin. More About James Joseph Sterzinger: Military service: Bet. 1970 - 1997, Retired as Colonel, USAF vi. David John Johnson, born November 2, 1949 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married Michelle Gay Stauder August 13, 1983 in St. Paul, Ramsey,MN; born June 30, 1959 in Kenosha, Kenosha, WI. vii. Christine Estelle Johnson, born October 21, 1951 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married Paul Edward Dix; born November 27, 1949 in Marshfield, Wood, WI. viii. Philip Albert Johnson, born March 16, 1953 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married Judy Jean Wellskopf September 10, 1977 in Lomira, Dodge, WI; born May 14, 1954 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. ix. Margaret Adele Johnson, born February 2, 1956 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married Mark Edwin Felker September 11, 1982 in Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; born August 5, 1954 in Marshfield, Wood, WI. x. Anne Marie Johnson, born July 2, 1957 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; married Ronald Clarence Swenson April 16, 1982 in Marshfield, Wood, WI; born January 2, 1955 in Marshfield, Wood, WI. xi. Jane Ellen Johnson, born September 9, 1958 in Marshfield, Wood, Wisconsin; died July 16, 1963 in Marshfield, Wood, Wisconsin. More About Jane Ellen Johnson: Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Marshfield, WI Cause of Death: Peritonitis Generation No. 3 4. John Edward Johnson, born January 7, 1881 in Waupaca, Waupaca, WI; died April 17, 1970 in Marshfield, Wood, WI. He was the son of 8. Rasmus P. Jorgensen and 9. Ane Margrethe Hansen . He married 5. Eva Estelle Knickerbocker October 10, 1907 in Kaukauna, Outagamie, WI. 5. Eva Estelle Knickerbocker, born March 28, 1884 in Appleton, Outagamie, WI; died March 17, 1921 in Marshfield, Wood, WI. She was the daughter of 10. Cashious B. Knickerbocker and 11. Estelle Julia Robinson . Notes for John Edward Johnson: BIRTH:Unedited Index to Registrations of Births;1852-1907;Wisconsin State Historical Society;p. N 13;FHL FICHE 6331478;note:birth listed as Jorgenson. BIRTH:Birth Registration;1881;Bureau of Health Statistics, Madison,Wisconsin, Certificate #58;Sequence #01461;copy in possession of James Sterzinger. MARRIAGE:Marriage Book;1907;Brokaw Memorial M.E. Church,Kaukana,Outagamie Co, Wisconsin;Oct 10, 1907;copy in possession of James Sterzinger. RESIDENCE:Wood County Directory;1908;;p. 60;Marshfield Library,Marshfield, Wisconsin;note:resided at 113 S. Cherry Street, occupation is produce merchant. RESIDENCE:Marshfield City Directory;1915;;p. J;Marshfield Library, Marshfield, Wisconsin;note:resided at 110 S. Cedar, worked at H. Ebbe & Co. Obituary: - "Died at 11:00 p.m., Friday, at St. Joseph's Hospital where he had been receiving treatment for a complication of ailments.