ROWLAND JOHNSTON FUNERAL SET FOR 2 P.M. TOMORROW
Services for Former Congressman Who Died at 69, Will Be Under Masonic Auspices
Funeral services for Rowland L. Johnston, former Congressman and an Assistant Circuit Attorney under Howard Sidener, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow from the Robert J. Armbruster mortuary, Clayton road and Concordia lane, under Masonic auspices, followed by cremation.
Mr. Johnston, 69 years old, died Friday at his home in Rolla, Mo., after a long illness. He was born in Louisiana, Mo., and practiced law in St. Louis County when a young man. Following a term in the State Legislature, he served three terms as Prosecuting Attorney of St. Louis County, prosecuting the “Lord Barrington” murder case.
He later was acting Mayor of Waynesville, Mo., and in 1921 was appointed an Assistant Circuit Attorney. Moving to Rolla in 1926, Mr. Johnston was elected to Congress from the old Sixteenth District two years later. He was a member of Congress two years and in 1930 was a Republican congressional nominee at large. His wife and two sons survive.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, Missouri
24 September 1939
Page 21
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