Mary Oletha Johnston
1901 - 1998 (96 years)-
Name Mary Oletha Johnston - daughter of John Johnston and Stella Oakwood [1]
Born 11 Dec 1901 Oakwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Occupation homemaker [2] Died 25 Apr 1998 Attica, Fountain County, Indiana [1, 2, 3] Buried 28 Apr 1998 Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Person ID I3018 Gritton Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
Family Albert Leroy Seyfert, b. 12 Jun 1899, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 5 Feb 1970 (Age 70 years) Divorced Bef 1998 [2] Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1258 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 11 Dec 1901 - Oakwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 25 Apr 1998 - Attica, Fountain County, Indiana 
Buried - 28 Apr 1998 - Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Mary "Oletha" (Johnston) Seyfert, 96, rural Attica, died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25, 1998 at her residence. She had been in failing health for several years. Born in Oakwood, Ill., Dec. 11, 1901, she was the daughter of John and Stella Oakwood Johnston. She married Albert Seyfert in 1921.
She was the last grandchild of the founder of the town of Oakwood. She graduated from Oakwood High School. She lived in Oakwood until she moved to Danville in 1957. She moved to rural Attica in Warren County in 1986. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Osborne Prairie Church in Stone Bluff and was a past member of the O.E.S. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting, ceramics and music, playing the piano, immensely. She loved and enjoyed her family very much.
Survivors include daughters Reita (William) Burroughs, Attica, Eleanor Bussey, Danville, Ill.; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today (Tuesday) at Lakeside Funeral Home, Oakwood, with the Rev. Jeff Newton officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery." - Fountain County Neighbor, April 28, 1998
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- Mary "Oletha" (Johnston) Seyfert, 96, rural Attica, died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, April 25, 1998 at her residence. She had been in failing health for several years. Born in Oakwood, Ill., Dec. 11, 1901, she was the daughter of John and Stella Oakwood Johnston. She married Albert Seyfert in 1921.
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