Clara Ann Davis Johnston

Clara Ann Davis Johnston

October 2, 1915 - La Grande, Oregon

October 16, 2000 - Gooding, Idaho

dau. William & Roxie (McClain) Davis, Jerome

m. Charles E Johnston, November 13, 1936

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Clara A. (Davis) Johnston of Gooding, Idaho, died Oct. 16 at the Gooding Rehabilitation and Living Center. She was 85.

Funeral services were held Saturday at the Gooding Christian Church with the Rev. Andy Morris officiating. Memorial services will be at a later date in Bend as well as burial at the Greenwood Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Johnston was born Oct. 2, 1915, in LaGrande, to William and Roxie (McClain) Davis. She was raised near Jerome and graduated from Jerome High School.

She married Charles Johnston on Nov. 13, 1936, in Jerome. He passed away in 1989.

They lived in the Wood River Valley, Bellevue and then moved to Sisters upon retirement.

Mrs. Johnston was a member of the Gooding Christian Church.

Survivors include two sons, Edwin of Kent, Wash., and John of Chubbock, Idaho; three daughters, Beaulah Brooks of Gooding, Idaho, Juanita Barkdull of Lake Stevens, Wash., and Ruth Coates of Richmond, Calif.; two brothers, Albert Davis of Jerome, and Bill Davis of Stockton, Calif.; one sister, Ethel Nutting of Jerome; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

Demaray Funeral Service, Inc., of Gooding, Idaho, is in charge of arrangements.

Source:  Bend Bulletin