Johnston-Young Funeral Services Galveston Texas Records 1947

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Cover Sheet

Johnston-Young Funeral Service

Galveston, TX

Page 2 City Directory

Johnston-young funeral Service 2525 Ave J.

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Johnston – Young Funeral Home

Establish in 1947

Location of Funeral Home
was

2525 Broadway
Galveston Texas

Founded by

James B. Johnston & Shelby Young

Mr. Johnston and Mr. Young, also owned Colonial Funeral
Home in Pasadena, Texas
Mr. Johnston traded his stock in Colonial Funeral Home for the
full interest in the funeral home in Galveston.

First Funeral was conducted June 20 1947.
Last Funeral was conducted January 12 1950.

Funeral Home closed and most of the employees went to work at
Malloy & Son

Funeral Record Book was given to James Crowder, Sr. Owner of the James Crowder Funeral Home in LaMarque.

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Johnston-Young Funeral Services Galveston Texas Records 1947 - 1950

Last Name First Names Address Death Date/Place Cause death

Cemetery Birth Date Father Mother Remarks

Abundy Patrocinco Mission Tx 10-24-1949 Chg to Flores Funeral Home

Allen Le Roy 312 Dawson Powderly Ala. 8-14-1947 Pier 22 Galveston Drowning

Lakeview Galveston Tx Cert. Phys. J of P McKenna

Allen Wm. Preston 3315 Ave R Galveston Tx 8-25-1947

Ordered by St. Marys Refrigeration Mechanic

Ashcraft/Aschroft Infant 1306 15th Galveston Tx 10-10-1949 St, Mary's Inf. Stillborn

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx Wm. C. Ashcraft

Ayres Walter Eugene Port Bolivar Tx 11-22-1947 Port Bolivar Tx Coronary

Forest Park-Hou 12-19-1873 Flatonia Tx James F. Ayers-Mary Crisswell Services Forest Park Houston,Tx

Batson David I. Zavalla Tx 1-15-1948 John Sealy Hosp Skull fracture

Oakley-Metcalf Lufkin Tx 11-9-1907 Longview Tx A. A. Batson-Margaret Schmidt Auto Accident LaMarque Tx

Berg Henry 4522 Ave. Q 1/2 Galveston 10-20-1947

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx 12-22-1878 Galveston Tx Conrad Berg ( Ger. ) - Emilie Richter (Ger)

Blaydes Robert Sam 4812 Ave. P 1/2 Galveston 6-21-1949
Catholic-chg to Lawrence Anderson

Boddeker Sidney L. 1214 20th St. Galveston 5-13-1948 26th & Blvd. Galv. Drowning(Gulf)
Calvary Galv. Tx. 8-27-1881 Galv. Tx . Services at Sacred Heart Church

Bosman Mrs. Johanna Hitchcock Tx 3-30-1948 Hitchcock Tx

Lakeview Galveston Tx 12-26-1869 Polk Co. Nb. Chg Mrs. Helen Pizzatola 4019 I.

Bouziques Leon 3-19-1948 John Sealy Hosp Arterial Sclerosis

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx 1867 France Chg BPOE #126 Mr. Barnett

Brannon Janna La Dell Oleander Atp #5 Galv. Tx . 9-1-1947 John Sealy Hosp Pneumonia

Wichita Falls Tx. 6/11/1940 Wichita Falls Tx W. J. Brannon(Ok )-Fredia Bryan ( Ok ) Funeral 9-3-1947

Brown Carl B. 10-6-1948
Chg US Marine Hospital

Bryant John Rustin Alta Loma Tx 12-22-1947

Rock Island Tx 1854 Retired Cattleman chg Hazel Foster order per Mrs. Taft

Buchan Fred 4210 Ave T Galveston Tx 4-6-1949
Lutheran chg Mrs. Stanley E. Babb 4210 Ave. T.

Burdick Mrs. Emma 5027 Ave R 1/2 Galveston 12-16-1947 Coronary Occlusion

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx 8-16-1879 Utica N. Y. Chg Albert A. Bohn

Burrell Wm. M. 4816 Ave R Galveston Tx 7-22-1948 At home Carcinoma

Hollywood Houston Tx 2-29-1884 Houston Tx Chg Mrs. Mattie Burrell -4816 Ave R

Bushers Freddie Leroy 3410 Ave R. Galveston Tx 7-1-1949 61st & Beach Drowning

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock 1931 El Reno Oklahoma Roy Bushers(Ok)-Lena Tinsley(Tx)

Byrne Miss Mary Jane 1402 Broadway Galv. Tx . 1-21-1948 St. Marys Inf. Heart

Calvary Gal Tx. 6-1865 Byrnesville Mo. Patrick Byrne(Ire)-Rose (Unknown) Bryne(Ire)

Carley Ray M. 1015 Main LaMarque Tx 1-25-1949 Taking Remains to Waco Tx.

Carpenter Marion Troup Tx 4-1-1949

Shipped to Troup Tx . 1893 Paid by Fredda and Kenneth Carpenter

Caston Niram Allen Jack Tar Courts Galv. Tx 12-13-1947 St Marys Inf

Cooper/Enloe Tx. 3-19-1882 Enloe Tx Ret. Atty SS 451-32-8721 WW I Vet.

Cobb Gaston Lloyd Lubbock Tx 4-9-1949

Lubbock Tx. Methodist

Coldwell Infant 41B Oleander Home Galv. 1-10-1950

Oleander Galveston Tx. Chg S. A. Colwell

Compton Dianne Mary 62 H Oleander Homes Gal 7-24-1948 John Sealy Hosp Polio

Gal Memorial Hitchcock 12-16-1945 Galveston Guy R. Compton (San Antonio Tx)-Audrey Helen Brosig(Gal Tx)

Cotten Aubrey A. 3407 Ave L Galveston Tx 12-15-1947 Galveston Tx

Kemp Tx. 7-27-1885 Kemp Tx. W. A. Cotten (Kaufman Tx ) - Joanna Harris (Miss) Ship remains to Terrell Tx.

Crowder W. Frank 1702 Ave I Galveston Tx 2-27-1948 St. Marys Galv. Pneum. / Heart

Rose Hill-Okla City Okla 6-26-1905 Madill Okla. S. A. Crowder( Tn ) June Hedgecock(Tn)
Chg Mrs W. F. Crowder Lodge:Eagles FOE

Dantin Jacques Leon 2115 31st St Galveston Tx 4-10-1949

Old Catholic Galv Tx 1881 Wife: Isabella Chg Mrs. J. L. Dantin

DePass Victor Columbia South Carolina 2-4-1949 Chg Marine Hospital Marine contract

Dempsey Joe Thos. 1306 Strand Galveston Tx 6-6-1948

Paris Tx Ship to Paris Tx.

Donovan Edwin Albert Oleander Homes Galv. Tx 1-31-1949 Kemah Tx Drowning
Gal. Memorial Hitchcock 2-17-1922 Galveston Tx E. P. Donovan(Galv) - Marie Pinkenberg (Galv)

Drowning/Car off bridge

Doty Lee 1800 St. Thos. St. N.O. La 10-22-1948 Chg US Marine Hospital resident of New Orleans

Duggar Robt. 6-21-1949 Baptist

Eby Mozelle Renee 1718 Ave F Galveston Tx 9-7-1947 St. Marys Inf. Galv
Oleander Galv Tx 9-6-1947 Galveston Tx E. D. Eby(Ok) - Mary E. Clark(Ok)

Eckstein Louis 512 1/2 25th St. Galv. Tx 10-15-1948

Old Catholic Galv Tx Clergyman: Rev. Geo. A. Beck

Eiband Mrs. Clara F. 1503 Tremont Galveston Tx 7-15-1948

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx 9-29-1870 Galveston Tx Franklin Jos.(Germany)-Mother(Germany)

Emert             Lloyd                                                               10-13-1948
                                                                                                                                                      Chg US Marine Hospital

Emmert          Chas Edward     4819 Ave O 1/2 Galveston, Tx 7-1-1949
Gal Memorial Hitchcock, TX   1901    Arkansas                                                                                     Chg US Marine Hospital


Fairley            Kenneth Lewis             Virginia Point Tx .            2-13-1948 Virginia Pt. Bay                                        Drowning

South Park Houston Tx 1907 New Baden Tx Frank Faulkner Fairley(Robinson Co. Tx) - Eva Andrews (Tx)

Chg Mrs. Eva Faulkner Franklin Tx

Fenech Joseph 206 15th St. Galv. Tx 1-10-1948 St Marys Inf. Galv Carcinoma

Calvary Galv. Tx. 10-15-1881 Musta Malta Joseph M.French(Musta Malta )-Maria Mofseth (Malta)

Police/SS 461-30-1273 Chg Jack De Mack

Fleming Andrew Gordon 6315 P 1/2 Galveston Tx 1-19-1948 St Mary Inf Galv Heart

Gal Memorial Hitchcock Tx 7-18-1889 Greenville S.C. Fleming (TX)-Mother (Tx)

Fore Roger W. 4802 Ave Q Galveston Tx 3-22-1949

Floresville, Tx Services Corpus Christi Tx Chg B.D. Fore 1427 Eunice Dr.

Frazier Dwight L. Jr. 1715 19th St. Galveston Tx 2-13-1948 St Mary Inf. Flu

Oleander Gal Tx 12-30-1945 New Port News VA D. L. Frazier, Sr.(NC)-Virginia Verenette Couper

Gallaway Mrs. Louise 909 18th St Galveston Tx 12-4-1947 At home

Evergreen Galv Tx 5-19-1871 Galveston Tx Herman Denzel Gallaway(Germany)-Mother(Germany)
Chg Mrs. Victor Micheletti

Garcia Henry 1624 Ave I Galveston Tx 10-2-1949 John Sealy Hosp

1903 Catholic Chg Mr. Cardenas/Cardenas Drug Store Galv. Tx

Graham Robt B. 1310 Ave B. Galveston Tx 4-19-1945 Lazon Phil. Isles Army Action

Old Catholic Galveston Tx 9-18-1925 Galveston Tx step-father-Florence S. Escoba - Mudie Burton(OK)

WW II Lazon Phil. Islands

Grayson Robert B. Houston Tx 1-12-1950

New Port, Arkansas Remains taken to New Port Arkansas - Jackson Funeral Home

Hanson Emily Katherine 1016 Ave C. Galveston Tx 10-19-1948 Catholic Chg. Chas. Hanson

Hargrave Mrs. Mary Lou Silsbee Tx 2-13-1948 John Sealy Hosp Carcinoma

Silsbee Tx 10-22-1905 Chas Stanburg( Sweden )-Mary Lawrence
Farmer Funeral Home Silsbee,Tx

Harnett Katherine Sue 4621 Ave R Galveston Tx 2-17-1949 Catholic Chg to Joseph D.(Hartnett)

Hastings Wendel Ervin 2328 Ave I Galveston Tx 2-24-1948 At home Pneumonia

Oleander Galv Tx 1-12-1948 Galveston Tx O. E. Hastings(Itech Mo)-Edna Beller (Hickman Ky) Chg O. E. Hastings

Henry Mrs. Florence 3307 Ave R 1/2 Galv. Tx 11-20-1948 John Sealy Hosp Pneumonia

Oleander Galv Tx 9-15-1886 Dallas Tx Chg Patricia Henry

Henry Mrs. Martine Du 1622 Ave N 1/2 Galv. Tx 3-5-1949

Calvary Galv Tx Chg A Henry

Howell Art Bartlett Tx 8-27-1949

Bartlett Tx Chg Sam Hargroves LaMarque Tx Phys: Weldon G Cobb LaMarque Tx

Howell Mrs. Hazel Oweda 2327 1/2 Market Galv Tx 9-20-1947 John Sealy Hosp Gunshot wound

Jefferson Tx 6-20-1915 Jefferson Tx T. H. Hall (Marion Co Al)- Maude Phillips (Cass Co Tx)

Date of Funeral 9-22-1947

Jacobson Robt Louis Seattle Washington 6-22-1949
Chg Daniels & Bronton F.H. per US Marine Hosp Galv Tx

Johnson James P. no death date (Between Oct. 1949 - Jan 1950)

Jones Infant 1-10-1950
Chg W. J. Jones Mirmar Courts Galv Tx

Jones John Paul 1104 3rd St LakeCharles La 3-8-1948 St Marys Inf Galv

Lake Charles La. 12-24-1875 Florida Wm. Bailey Jones(Va)- Rebecca Butler(SC)

Funeral 3/10/1948 Chg Mrs. Stanley Kravis 626 Woodlawn Memphis Tn

Joseph Mrs. Jessie Faye Crate Apts LaPorte Tx 8-27-1947 Texas City Wye Broken Neck

Red Bluff Ca. 8-12-1914 Tulsa Okla. M. J. Pickett-Mona McGee (Illinois)

Keller Dr. Harold 5702 Ave O 1/2 Galv. Tx 3-20-1949 Baptist

Kerns D. W. 11-1-1948
Catholic Remains shipped but not stated where

King                 Mrs. Alice              Crystal City Tx                   9-25-1947    St. Joseph Inf.                          Skull Fracture
Crystal City Tx                      10-25-1909 Texas      W. M. Bullard
                                                                Order by Arlugh King (son)-Auto Accident Hwy 6 and 288-19mi South of Houston, Tx

King Clifton Wesley Crystal City Tx 9-26-1947 St. Joseph Inf Skull fracture

Crystal City Tx 4-8-1901 Texas J. B. King (Georgia)-Mary J.(Georgia)
Auto Accident 19 miles South of Houston Tx

Kirchem Edward 1528 Ave K Galveston Tx 2-26-1949 Catholic Cert. Phys: J. L. Jinkins

LaFrance Mrs. Anna A. 1012 Arlington S. Ft. Worth Tx 11-29-1947 Ft. Worth Tx

Calvary Galv Tx 1868 Galveston Tx Secured from Harper F. H. Fort Worth Tx

Larson Charles Arvin 903 Mechanic Galveston Tx 3-2-1948 At home Heart

Oleander Galv Tx 1-14-1885 Sweden

LeCollen Guillame Longreivey de La Mar France 8-12-1949 US Marine Hosp. Granulomatous Septomengis

Shipped to France 11-10-1908 France Chg Billings SS Co. Galv.

Lindley Sandra Jane 1528 Broadway Galveston Tx 5-21-1948 St Marys Inf

Oleander Galv Tx 5-21-1948 Galveston Tx D. D. Lindley(Mexia Tx)-Helen Long(West Va)
Date of Funeral 5-22-1948

Lovell Henry L. Bryan Tx 4-26-1948
Baptist-Order by John Sealy Galv Tx

Luce John Horace 1317 Ave G Galveston Tx 8-3-1947 St Mary Inf Galv.
Chg Phillips & Luckey Rockdale Tx

Maisel Mrs. Julia Mary 3421 Ave P Galveston Tx 2-22-1948 At home Carcinoma

Oleander Galv Tx 3-9-1908 Orange Tx W. A. Green(Tx)-Teel (hard to read) (Tx)

Chg Chas. Maisel

Martin Joe Bill 1911 Ave L. Galveston Tx 8-3-1948 St Mary Inf Galv. Premature

Calvary Galv Tx. 8-3-1948 Galveston tx Joe Bill Martin(Houston Tx)- Beatrice Meza (Ft Worth Tx)

Infant Chg Mrs. J. F. Meza

Mazzantini Hugo L. 2314 Ave M Galveston Tx 2-28-1949

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx Texas Hugo Lawrence Mazzantini

McDonald Joseph B. Oklahoma City Okla. 3-28-1949

Lakeview Galveston Tx 1908

McDonough Mrs. J. P. 1604 Post Office St Galv Tx 6-14-1948 At home

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx 2-28-1869 New Orleans La. Jas. Moore (Ireland )-Catherine Unknown(Ireland)

McKinney Florence Tyler Tx 8-3-1948 John Sealy Hospital
Occup. Nurse-Chg Burks Walker Tippitt Tyler Tx

McLeod F. H. Velasco Tx 4-8-1949 2617 Ave R 1/2 Galv

Damon Tx Catholic-Chg J B McLeod Freeport Tx

Mease John Gale 6-18-1948

Meurer John H. Bridge City Tx 2-18-1949
Catholic

Meza Domingo 1911 Ave L. Galveston Tx 1-25-1949 Catholic

Moody Mrs. Jane 4-11-1948

Hill of Rest - Goose Creek Tx Catholic-Clergyman Rev. D. P. O'Connell

Morris Marie Louise 721 7th St Galveston Tx 6-30-1949 At home Cerebral Hemorrhage

Calvary Galv. Tx 10-14-1906 Galveston Tx Otto Lawson Chg G L Morris 721 7th Galveston Tx

Muller Mrs. Alma Ellen 4827 Ave N 1/2 Galveston Tx 4-10-1948
Chg Walter Muller 4827 Ave N 1/2 order Dr. Chas Mares

Murphy Mrs. Beatrice Port Arthur Tx 9-2-1949

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx Port Arthur Tx Chg to: Carl B. Murphy

Murry Walter P. 1921 M 1/2 Galveston Tx 11-3-1948
Remains shipped but does not state where

Neal Mrs. Mary 3724 Ave K Galveston Tx 6-28-1949

Gal. Memorial Hitchcock Tx 1875 Texas

Nicholas Mrs. Loyis Rose 4110 Ave R Galveston Tx 7-1-1948 At home

Old Catholic Galveston 4-23-1888 San Antonio Tx Reimschussel (San Antonio Tx )-Vulsvaun

Services at St. Patrick’s Galveston Tx.

Norton Edward G. 2519 Ave P 1/2 Galveston Tx 5-22-1949

Oleander Galveston Tx Catholic-Chg Mrs. Marie Hall 2519 Ave P 1/2 Galveston. Tx

Osterman Frank 1524 75th St. Houston Tx 1-2-1949 Marine Hosp

South Park Houston Tx 1885 Occup. Seaman-Chg Morris Hall/Marine Transport Workers

Ott Louis L. Beaumont Tx 11-19-1947 Galveston Tx

Beaumont Tx Handled by Broussard’s Funeral Home

Pasket Michael Charles LaMarque Tx 4-16-1947 Texas City Tx Burned

Gal Memorial Hitchcock Tx Poland Anderson Tx George Pasket(Poland)-Mother(Poland) Texas City Disaster 1947

Penney William H. Coast Guard Station Galv. Tx 2-8-1949 Marine Hosp Galv. Pneumonia

Arlington National Cem. 10-27-1903 Mass. Howard Penney(NovaScotia)-Margaret Havey(NovaScotia)

Shipped remains to Fort Meyer Va.

Peterman Infant LaMarque Tx 9-21-1949 St Mary’s Inf Galv.

Washington Tx 9-21-1949 Galveston Tx Charles Myron Peterman(Fargo.ND)- Hulda Caroline Holle(Washington Tx)

Shipped to Washington Tx per M. C. Peterman

Pratali Ferdinando 1401 13th St. Galveston Tx 4-20-1948 At home Heart

Gal Memorial Hitchcock Tx 10-19-1876 Pecopisano Italy Leopoldo Pratali (Italy)- Elsidia Panattoui(Italy)

Ringer Charles Wilkinson 5412 Ave R Galveston Tx 4-2-1948 St Marys Inf Galv Tx

Oleander Galv Tx 6-26-1882 Anson Tx Wm. N. Ringer(Troup Co.Ga)-Unknown Harrison(Richmond Va)

Chg V. P. Ringer 3638 Meadowlake Lane Houston Tx

Roach Mrs. Chas M. 1328 Ave I Galveston Tx 12-31-1947 St Marys Inf Galv.

Holy Cross Houston Tx 1-11-1858 Unknown Milligan(Michigan)- Unknown(Texas) Chg Raymond Stewart

Roberson Archie 1395 1/2 Park St Beaumont Tx 3-31-1949

Beaumont Tx Baptist

Schirmer Wm. D. Milner Hotel 2-22-1949
Chg D. B. Tindall

Scott Reece Conroe Texas 7-3-1949 John Sealy Hosp Hernia

2-14-1881 Texas Ret. Grocer -Chg Wahlenberger F. H. Conroe Tx

Smart Johnnie Silsbee Tx . 5-3-1949
Embalmed for Farmer Fun. Home Silsbee Tx

Smith Mrs. Cecilia 2223 48th St. Galveston Tx 3-19-1949 Catholic

Stanley Mrs. Allie L. Lampasas Tx 8-1-1949 John Sealy Hosp Pneumonia

Lampasas Tx 9-24-1927 Ranga Tx Elmer Sullivan(Tx)-Bertha Banks(Tx)

Chg Louis Sullivan - order by Mrs. Bertha Absher Strawn

Staten Percy Sweetwater Tx 4-13-1949

Sweetwater Tx Catholic Chg Patterson Fun. Home Sweetwater Tx

Stocks Mrs. Lydia Ora Kent Tx 6-4-1950 Shipped to San Angelo Tx

Stricker Wm. Hammond Edgewater Cabanas 2-8-1949

3-17-1896 Turned over to Geo. H. Lewis Houston Tx Embalming only

Thomas George A. 5-15-1949

Old Catholic Galv Tx Catholic

Thomas Wm. E. 1715 40th Galveston Tx 4-30-1949
Old Catholic Galv Tx Catholic - Cert. Phys: Emil Klatt

Thornton         Harrol King       124 1st Ave N Texas City Tx     8-15-1948 St Mary’s Inf Galv Tx                       Skull Fracture
                                          9-20-1925       Guy K. Thornton(Tx)-Eve Hatter(La)
                                                                                         Auto Accident Causeway Galv. Tx - Ship remains to Columbia La.

Trotter Mrs. Betty Ann Old Ocean Tx 7-9-1949 John Sealy Hosp Poliomyelitis Bulhospinal
6-22-1917 Kansas City Mo. Charles V. Jones(KC Mo)-Irene Kenefick(KC Mo)

See Trotter Inf H D shipped to KC Ks Geo F. Porter & Sons

Trotter H. D. Old Ocean Tx 7-9-1949
Mother Betty Ann Jones - Infent buried with Mother

Geo. F. Porter & Sons F. H. Kansas City, Kansas

Truckenmiller Herman Jr. 2419 Ave Q Galveston Tx 10-20-1947 Marine Hosp Galv Bronchiestasis

Calvary Galv. Tx. 2-13-1910 Galveston Tx Wm.Truckenmiller(Germany)- Pauline Unknown(Germany)

Watkins Percy 4302 S 1/2 Galveston Tx 3-9-1948 At Home

6-9-? Body turned over to J. Levy & Bros. F. H. Galveston Tx

Watson Mrs. Mary Burke 3620 Ave Q Galveston Tx 11-22-1948 St Marys Inf Galv

Gal Memorial Hitchcock Tx 1878 Orange Tx Frank Burke(Ireland)-Rosa Dowd(Iowa)

Weaver Catherine Ann Itasca Tx 3-7-1949 Baptist

Whitcomb Mrs. Florence King 815 Oak Ave LaMarque Tx 7-11-1948 3706 Ave N.

Oleander Galv Tx 10-23-1883 Brooklyn N Y N King(New York)-Gertrude Cathoni (New York)

Chg Scotty Whitcomb/son

Widmaier Paul Albert 1312 Ave H. Galveston Tx 9-8-1947 At Home

Alvin Tx Chg Mary Russell Long order by Eddie John

Wilson Paula Edythe 1115 1/2 Ave B. Galveston Tx 7-16-1948 John Sealy Hosp

Oleander Galv Tx 11-21-1947 Galveston Tx A. G. Wilson(La)-Julia Keselvich(Galveston Tx)

Cert. Physician: Dr. A. J. Jenkins