JOHNSON, Dorothy Embree - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

VEEDERSBURG, Ind. — Mrs. Dorothy Johnson, 69, of Veedersburg, was found dead in her home at 7:45 a.m. yesterday (Sept. 13, 1969) by a neighbor. Fountain County Coroner Robert B. Shelby said death was from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Shelby conducted an inquiry and said Mrs. Johnson had parked her auto in a basement garage and accidentally left the auto's engine running. The carbon monoxide gas seeped up to the first floor, where the deceased was found, Shelby said. He said Mrs. Johnson died about 11:30 p.m. Friday. The daughter of Charles and Mattie Davis Embry, she was born Jan. 20, 1900 in. St. Louis, Mo. She was married to Merritt C. Johnson at St. Louis In June of 1929. He died in July of 1959. A former employe of the Veedersburg Building and Loan Co., she had most recently worked as a bookkeeper for the Mitchell Construction Co. in Veedersburg. She was a member of the First Centenary Methodist Church of Veedersburg and the Fountain Chapter of the Order Eastern Star No. 204 of Kingman, Ind. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Norma Jean Johnson of Bloomington, Ind.; a son, Clifford of Indianapolis; two brothers, Charles Embry of Kirkwood, Mo. and John Embry of St. Joseph, Mo.; one grandchild and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Parham Funeral Home in Veedersburg after 2 p.m. today. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) at the funeral home with the Rev. Fred Erickson officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.  --waw

VEEDESBURG - Funeral rites for Mrs. Dorothy H. Johnson, 69, of Veedersburg, who died late Friday from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at her home, have been set for 1:30 today at Parham Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery at Montezuma. Mrs. Johnson had accidentally left her car motor running in her garage and later collapsed in her kitchen, according to Bob Shelby, Fountain County coroner. Her pet dog also was killed by the carbon monoxide. The coroner said the auto motor had been left running on another occasion, but a relative noticed it in time. He said that on Friday she had talked outdoors with a neighbor and had watched television after parking the car. The widow of Merritt Johnson, she was a bookkeeper for Mitchell Construction Co. and formerly was employed at the Veedersburg Building & Loan Association. Survivors include a daughter, Dr. Norma Jean Johnson of the Indiana University faculty; a son, Clifford Johnson of Indianapolis; a granddaughter and two great-grandchildren, and two brothers. - jlr