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Ray Brownlee JOHNSON

Male 1898 - 1953


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  • Born  18 Dec 1898  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    Died  13 Oct 1953  Ben Avon, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried  Highwood Cemetery, Northside (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I146  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  13 Jul 2019 

    Father  Franklin JOHNSON,   b. 18 Jul 1860,   d. 8 Jul 1925, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mary Elisabeth ASHCOM,   b. 7 Sep 1875, New Florence, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1961, Ben Avon, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  15 Sep 1896 
    Family ID  F8  Group Sheet

    Family  Beatrice Emma PEARSON,   b. 23 Sep 1898,   d. 15 May 1994, Ben Avon, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  16 Sep 1922  Bellevue, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Franklin Pearson JOHNSON,   b. 3 Sep 1924, Bellvue, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 2013, Monroeville, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F62  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Ray was an Office Manager at H.J. Heinz Co. in Pittsburgh. He lived at 221 S. Starr Ave. in Avalon, PA and then at 176 Dickson Ave. in Ben Avon, PA. He attended Bellvue United Presbyterian Church. He died of a brain tumor.

      The following obituary was published in the October 14, 1953 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

      RAY B. JOHNSON

      Ray B. Johnson, 54, Western Branch manager for the H.J. Heinz Company, died yesterday at his home, 176 Dickson Avenue, Ben Avon, after an illness of several months. Mr. Johnson was a native of Pittsburgh and had lived in Bellevue before moving to Ben Avon. He first went to work for Heinz 40 years ago. He was a member of the Ben Avon Presbyterian Church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Pearson Johnson; a son, Dr. Frank P. Johnson; his mother, Mr. Mary E. Johnson, and two sisters, Mrs. Robert Sloan, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. W. A. Farmin. Friends are being recived at McDonald Funeral Home, 529 California Avenue, Avalon, where services will be held Friday evening at 8. Burial will be Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in Highwood Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1087] Pennsylvania Death Certificate (available on Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1129] Johnson Family Record.