Ancestors of Anne Michelle Hostetler
3rd Generation
Grandparents
PARENTS OF FATHER4
CLETUS ROY HOSTETLER 44 (1901-1972). Cletus Roy Hostetler was born on September 30, 1901, to Christian C. Hostetler and Edna Miller . During his life he worked many jobs, including being a farmer and a funeral worker. While on their way to a convention for the Missionary Church he and his wife were in an auto accident. They died instantly together on July 4, 1972, in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
The photo below was taken of a Hostetler Reunion dated June 20, 1915. Cletus Hostetler is in the picture as a 13 year old boy.
FERN NOFZINGER 45 (1909-1972). Fern Nofzinger was born on December 23, 1909, in Fulton County, Ohio to Aaron Nofzinger and Pearl Eash. Richard Lemar Hostetler was the only child of Cletus and Fern Hostetler. His records are private as he is living today. While on their way to a convention for the Missionary Church she and her husband were in an auto accident. They died instantly together on July 4, 1972, in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
Left:Cletus and Fern Hostetler with their baby, Richard Hostetler. Taken in the early 1940's. Right: Cletus and Fern Hostetler about 1970.
PARENTS OF MOTHER 5
CLIFFORD RAYMOND JOHNSON 54 (1913-1970). Clifford Raymond Johnson was born on March 23, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska to Charles Johnson and Faye (Unknown Maiden Name) . Clifford Johnson married June Stromberg. Clifford and June divorced and Clifford Johnson later married a woman who is still living today (private records). Clifford Johnson was a business man and owned a fuel station. He died in September, 1970, in Billings, Montana. He died from unexpected complications with an infection that developed while he was in the hospital and had a minor surgical procedure. The picture below is of Clifford Johnson. There is an inscription on it that says, With Love To Mother, Your Son.
JUNE KIRSTEN STROMBERG 55 (1914-1984). June Kirsten Stromberg was born on June 17, 1914, in Chicago, Illinois to Oscar Alfred Stromberg and Sarah Elizabeth Haggard . She died on September 5, 1984, in Wilmore, Kentucky from a massive stroke. At the time of her death, she was living with her son Thomas O. Johnson. The picture below is of June Stromberg and was taken in 1931, in Casper, Wyoming, when she was 17 years old.
JOHNSON/STROMBERG CHILDREN
Left: The Clifford Johnson family about 1939. Yvonne is the little girl in her father's arms.
Right: The three Johnson children- Charles, Yvonne, Tom in the early 1940's.
CHARLES RAYMOND JOHNSON 55a (1932-1947). Charles Raymond Johnson was born on August 29, 1932 in Casper, Wyoming. He was the half brother of Thomas and Yvonne, born to their mother June Stomberg and an unknown man. Clifford Johnson adopted him and took him as his own. He died, at age 15, in an accident while riding a horse on January 26, 1947, in Pomona, California.
THOMAS OSCAR JOHNSON 55b (1935-2001) Thomas O. Johnson was born Feb. 24, 1935, in Mills, Wyoming. He was a professor at Asbury College in the Social Work department and before retiring directed the social services for The Salvation Army in Lexington, Kentucky. His wife and two children (a son and daughter) are living today and their records are private. Thomas Johnson's youngest son, Randall Scott Johnson (b. June 19, 1960) was in a tragic accident and preceded him in death on August 23, 1978. Thomas O. Johnson died on August 25, 2001, in a hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. He had diabetes and died from an infection that developed following shoulder surgery. Ironically, similar circumstances led to his father (Clifford Johnson's) passing. His daughter wrote "The Bend in the Lane" poem in his memory .
Left:Tom Johnson with his sister Yvonne and his paternal Grandmother Faye Neagle with her husband Edward in the early 1950's. Right: Tom Johnson (cut from a family photo) taken about 2000.
YVONNE JUNE JOHNSON 55c (Living - Private Records)