Nels Peter JOHNSON

                   Obituary:  Grace, Idaho - Nels Peter Johnson, 82, died at his home Friday afternoon following a year's illness.
       He was born June 6, 1869 in Richmond, Utah, son of James and Larcine Nelson Johnson.  He came to Gem Valley in 1889 with his wife, Mrs. Minnie Whitehead Johnson, whom he had married May 25, 1891 in Richmond.  She died Dec. 30, 1930 and in Nov, 1939 he married Libby Bean at Idaho Falls.
       He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving as second and then first assistant in the Sunday School Superintendency in the Thatcher Ward, and then became superintendent in 1919. He also served as recreation director in the Thatcher Ward and and later in the Oneida Ward.
       In civic life he served as road overseer and as president of the Bench and the Oneida Canal Companies.  He was a resident of Niter for 41 years.
       Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Libby Bean, Niter; the following sons and daughters; Leo Johnson, Grace; Ace F. Johnson, Hazelton; Mrs. Chris Keller, Ogden, Utah; Lucian Johnson, Frank Johnson and Denzil Johnson all of Grace; one brother, Dan Johnson, San Francisco; one sister, Mrs. Mary Bell, Richmond, Utah; 29 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
       Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the Williams Ward chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, under the direction of the ward bishopric.
       Friends may call at the home of a son, Frank Johnson, at Niter, Sunday evening and Monday evening until time of the services.  Burial will be in the Grace Cemetery under the direction of the Webb Mortuary of Preston.