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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 31, 1986, page 14

WILBUR JOHNSON

            Wilbur Johnson, a lifetime resident of Lyle, died July 26 at a nursing home in The Dalles, Ore., at the age of 75.
            He was born in High Prairie, Wash. on April 22, 1911. Mr. Johnson lived in the Lyle area all his life and was a member of Columbia Grange #87 there.
            He is survived by his wife, Margaret Johnson, Lyle; two sons, Keith of Lyle and Duane of Goldendale; three grandchildren, Amy, Stacy and Kelly Johnson; two brothers, Clarence of Bingen and Charlie of Lyle; four sisters, Blanche Kelly, Lincoln City, Ore., Mabel Dixon of Portland, Alice McCoy of Rogue River, Ore., and Evelyn Moore, Goldendale.
            Services were July 30 at 2 p.m. at Smith Callaway Chapel in The Dalles, with the Rev. Carol Davies officiating. Committal was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Appleton.
            Honorary pallbearers were Bill Brashers, Claude Brashers, Bob Schilling, Bill Parrish, Douglas Taylor and Carl Jasperson. Pallbearers were Carl Parrish, Bob Klicker, Tom Amery, Jay Jasperson, Steve Rolfe and Ben Parrish. Janice Rods, Cathy Carse and Debbie Van DeVanter, the vocalists sang "Amazing Grace" and "Peace in the Valley."