JOHNSON, Oscar Edward

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Thursday, July 10, 1997, page 5a Oscar E. Johnson Oscar E. Johnson, 83, died Wednesday, July 9. He was born January 1, 1914, in Waxahachie, Texas, to William and Lillie Carothers (Passmore) Johnson. Mr. Johnson moved to Prescott from Oklahoma in 1930. He was a Yavapai County Deputy Sheriff, a probation officer and a Prescott police officer. He retired in 1955. Mr. Johnson looked for the good in young people and would give them the benefit of the doubt and extended to them all of the breaks that he could as a law enforcement officer. He enjoyed working in his garden and sharing his efforts with others, and in the evening he would latch hook homemade rugs for his family and friends. He attended the F.B.I. Police Officer Training Academy, and was a member of Disabled American Veterans. The was a United States Navy veteran in World War II. Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, in 1987; and his son Lawrence, in 1994. Survivors include daughter, Jennifer 'Bunny' Allie, of Chino Valley; sisters, Lorene Carothers, of Prescott; and Mary Kaeding, of Sunnyvale, Calif.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, July 11 at Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 12, at Arizona Ruffner, with Rev. Robert Fiske officiating. Concluding graveside services with military honors, will be at Mountain View Cemetery in Prescott, with officers and members of Chino Valley American Legion Post 40 presiding. Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.