Nyra Abbott Johnson
A memorial service will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, in the downtown chapel of the First Baptist Church for Nyra Abbott Johnson, who died Sept. 21 of lung cancer at age 85.
Mrs. Johnson was born Dec. 16, 1914, in Petaluma, Calif. Her maiden name was Fredricks. She lived in Billings, Mont., before moving in 1960 to Portland, where she was a manuscript editor and typist for the U.S. Geological Survey until retiring in 1980. She was a member of the church. In 1939, she married Elliott Johnson; he died in 1999.
Survivors include her daughters, Kathryn Lang, Susan DeWitt and Nancy Goodman; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Private interment will be in Pleasantview Cemetery, Ballantine, Mont. The family suggests remembrances to her church. Arrangements are by Omega Funeral & Cremation Service.
October 4, 2000
Portland Oregonian