Kodiak mirror. [volume], October 13, 1961, Page 9, Image 9

About Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976

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Jacob Johnson
Dies In Florida
A former resident of Kodiak,
prior to the war years and after,
died in Florida Tuesday at the age
of 75.
Word was received here or the
death Tuesday of Jake A. Johnson,
well-known in Alaska, especially
in Kodiak, where he resided from
1921 until 1947. He died in New
port Richey, Florida.
Johnson operated a fox farm on
Crooked Island for a number of
years. Prior to that he lived in Su
silna and Anchorage. He operated
a freight service 'rom Seward and
Anchorage to Kodiak with the
Lcats Oi ve and Nile. Johnson op
erated the boat Olive with the first
surveyors aboard laying out the
Naval Station here.
He was a lifetime member o"
he Ma. On :. He h .s been in semi
retirement the past several . ears.
His birthplace was Estonia.
The deceased is survived by his
wife Helen: three sons, Robert of
Kodiak, Edward and Addison; a
daughter. Helen King of Kodiak.
He had eleven grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
'I be U. S. Navy shot down some
385 enemy planes, a record number
for one day, off Guam in the Pacific
in World War II.
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