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- The following information is from Evelyn Johnson Frankenberry. Evelyn a nd Nancy were inseparable friends. Nancy's child, Frederick Allen Johnso n, was stillborn. The delivery was very difficult for her, and she remain ed hospitalized following it. She was beginning to recover from the diffi cult delivery, and her husband, Raymond Johnson, had arranged for a priva te duty nurse to be with her. The nurse left her unattended and Nancy att empted getting out of bed. She fell and was injured badly, with hemhorrag ing that caused her death.
Her death certificate shows that she died at about 11:30 p.m. on 5 Apr 193 8. Cause of death: "Post-partum septicemia and peritonitis following forc eps delivery of dead baby." Contributory: "Pelvic dystocia" The attendi ng physician was C. T. Thompson, MD, Morgantown, WV.
Nancy and her infant, Frederick, were interred in the same grave at East O ak Grove Cemetery. Her viewing was in the home of Francis "Frank" and A da Berkshire Johnson, Raymond's parents, with funeral arrangements handl ed by Jenkins and Brown Funeral Home, Morgantown, WV.
The Aug 1913 date of birth for Nancy is from another researcher, fou nd on Ancestry.com OneWorldTree.
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