First woman to drive an automobile in Detroit. Sierra Street in Norco, Calif was so named for her founding membership in the Sierra Club.
La Jolla, Calf. (AP) - Grace Scripps Johanson, 92, grandmother of the president-publisher of the Detroit Evening News, and daughter of its founder, died Tuesday at her home. Mrs. Johanson's father was publishing pioneer James E. Scripps.
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Grace was the third child of James E. Scripps. She married Rex Brainerd Clark in 1901, divorced 1928.
Grace and Rex lived in Julian, California (where they had a cattle ranch) and Pasadena, California. Rex developed the town of Norco (North Corona) where he started a private resort, the Norconian Club and Hotel, that eventually became a Navy Hospital and then a drug rehabilitation center (a medium security prison). Rex and Grace were divorced in 1928 and he married his long time secretary and companion, Emma (Jimmie) Snyder.
It was likely Grace Clark's Scripps family inheritance and trust fund Grace Scripps Clark that, in part, or perhaps entirely, financed the building of Norco and the Norconian Resort.
An adventurous individual, she was the first woman to drive an automobile in Detroit and Sierra Street in Norco was so named for her founding membership in the Sierra Club.
Rex and Grace had three children, five grandchildren, and 14 greatgrandchildren.
Grace and Rex divorced in 1928 and she married retired Coast Guard Captain, Gotfrid Johanson, July, 1932 and was with him until he died. Gotfrid was also skipper of one of Clark's yachts, the Norconian.∼San Diego Union (San Diego, California) ~05 Aug 1971 page 16
Mrs. Grace Scripps Johanson, 92, died at her home Tuesday. She was the daughter of James Edmund Scripps, founder of the Detroit Evening News, and Harriet Messinger Scripps. Mrs. Johanson grew up in Detroit and attended the Wheeler School in Provident, R.I. In 1901 she was married to Rex B. Clark and in 1908 moved to Julian where her husband became a rancher. They were divorced. In 1932, she was married to Johan G. Johanson, a retired Coast Guard captain, and moved to La Jolla a year later.
Mrs. Johanson was a member of the La Jolla Presbyterian Church, the Sierra Club, and was an avid horsewoman.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Johanson is survived by two sons, Rex Scripps Clark of La Jolla and William Scripps Clark of Santa Barbara; a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Revelle of Cambridge, Mass; five grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchildren.
La Jolla, Calf. (AP) - Grace Scripps Johanson, 92, grandmother of the president-publisher of the Detroit Evening News, and daughter of its founder, died Tuesday at her home. Mrs. Johanson's father was publishing pioneer James E. Scripps.
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Grace was the third child of James E. Scripps. She married Rex Brainerd Clark in 1901, divorced 1928.
Grace and Rex lived in Julian, California (where they had a cattle ranch) and Pasadena, California. Rex developed the town of Norco (North Corona) where he started a private resort, the Norconian Club and Hotel, that eventually became a Navy Hospital and then a drug rehabilitation center (a medium security prison). Rex and Grace were divorced in 1928 and he married his long time secretary and companion, Emma (Jimmie) Snyder.
It was likely Grace Clark's Scripps family inheritance and trust fund Grace Scripps Clark that, in part, or perhaps entirely, financed the building of Norco and the Norconian Resort.
An adventurous individual, she was the first woman to drive an automobile in Detroit and Sierra Street in Norco was so named for her founding membership in the Sierra Club.
Rex and Grace had three children, five grandchildren, and 14 greatgrandchildren.
Grace and Rex divorced in 1928 and she married retired Coast Guard Captain, Gotfrid Johanson, July, 1932 and was with him until he died. Gotfrid was also skipper of one of Clark's yachts, the Norconian.∼San Diego Union (San Diego, California) ~05 Aug 1971 page 16
Mrs. Grace Scripps Johanson, 92, died at her home Tuesday. She was the daughter of James Edmund Scripps, founder of the Detroit Evening News, and Harriet Messinger Scripps. Mrs. Johanson grew up in Detroit and attended the Wheeler School in Provident, R.I. In 1901 she was married to Rex B. Clark and in 1908 moved to Julian where her husband became a rancher. They were divorced. In 1932, she was married to Johan G. Johanson, a retired Coast Guard captain, and moved to La Jolla a year later.
Mrs. Johanson was a member of the La Jolla Presbyterian Church, the Sierra Club, and was an avid horsewoman.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Johanson is survived by two sons, Rex Scripps Clark of La Jolla and William Scripps Clark of Santa Barbara; a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Revelle of Cambridge, Mass; five grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchildren.
First woman to drive an automobile in Detroit. Sierra Street in Norco, Calif was so named for her founding membership in the Sierra Club.
La Jolla, Calf. (AP) - Grace Scripps Johanson, 92, grandmother of the president-publisher of the Detroit Evening News, and daughter of its founder, died Tuesday at her home. Mrs. Johanson's father was publishing pioneer James E. Scripps.
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Grace was the third child of James E. Scripps. She married Rex Brainerd Clark in 1901, divorced 1928.
Grace and Rex lived in Julian, California (where they had a cattle ranch) and Pasadena, California. Rex developed the town of Norco (North Corona) where he started a private resort, the Norconian Club and Hotel, that eventually became a Navy Hospital and then a drug rehabilitation center (a medium security prison). Rex and Grace were divorced in 1928 and he married his long time secretary and companion, Emma (Jimmie) Snyder.
It was likely Grace Clark's Scripps family inheritance and trust fund Grace Scripps Clark that, in part, or perhaps entirely, financed the building of Norco and the Norconian Resort.
An adventurous individual, she was the first woman to drive an automobile in Detroit and Sierra Street in Norco was so named for her founding membership in the Sierra Club.
Rex and Grace had three children, five grandchildren, and 14 greatgrandchildren.
Grace and Rex divorced in 1928 and she married retired Coast Guard Captain, Gotfrid Johanson, July, 1932 and was with him until he died. Gotfrid was also skipper of one of Clark's yachts, the Norconian.∼San Diego Union (San Diego, California) ~05 Aug 1971 page 16
Mrs. Grace Scripps Johanson, 92, died at her home Tuesday. She was the daughter of James Edmund Scripps, founder of the Detroit Evening News, and Harriet Messinger Scripps. Mrs. Johanson grew up in Detroit and attended the Wheeler School in Provident, R.I. In 1901 she was married to Rex B. Clark and in 1908 moved to Julian where her husband became a rancher. They were divorced. In 1932, she was married to Johan G. Johanson, a retired Coast Guard captain, and moved to La Jolla a year later.
Mrs. Johanson was a member of the La Jolla Presbyterian Church, the Sierra Club, and was an avid horsewoman.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Johanson is survived by two sons, Rex Scripps Clark of La Jolla and William Scripps Clark of Santa Barbara; a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Revelle of Cambridge, Mass; five grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchildren.
La Jolla, Calf. (AP) - Grace Scripps Johanson, 92, grandmother of the president-publisher of the Detroit Evening News, and daughter of its founder, died Tuesday at her home. Mrs. Johanson's father was publishing pioneer James E. Scripps.
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Grace was the third child of James E. Scripps. She married Rex Brainerd Clark in 1901, divorced 1928.
Grace and Rex lived in Julian, California (where they had a cattle ranch) and Pasadena, California. Rex developed the town of Norco (North Corona) where he started a private resort, the Norconian Club and Hotel, that eventually became a Navy Hospital and then a drug rehabilitation center (a medium security prison). Rex and Grace were divorced in 1928 and he married his long time secretary and companion, Emma (Jimmie) Snyder.
It was likely Grace Clark's Scripps family inheritance and trust fund Grace Scripps Clark that, in part, or perhaps entirely, financed the building of Norco and the Norconian Resort.
An adventurous individual, she was the first woman to drive an automobile in Detroit and Sierra Street in Norco was so named for her founding membership in the Sierra Club.
Rex and Grace had three children, five grandchildren, and 14 greatgrandchildren.
Grace and Rex divorced in 1928 and she married retired Coast Guard Captain, Gotfrid Johanson, July, 1932 and was with him until he died. Gotfrid was also skipper of one of Clark's yachts, the Norconian.∼San Diego Union (San Diego, California) ~05 Aug 1971 page 16
Mrs. Grace Scripps Johanson, 92, died at her home Tuesday. She was the daughter of James Edmund Scripps, founder of the Detroit Evening News, and Harriet Messinger Scripps. Mrs. Johanson grew up in Detroit and attended the Wheeler School in Provident, R.I. In 1901 she was married to Rex B. Clark and in 1908 moved to Julian where her husband became a rancher. They were divorced. In 1932, she was married to Johan G. Johanson, a retired Coast Guard captain, and moved to La Jolla a year later.
Mrs. Johanson was a member of the La Jolla Presbyterian Church, the Sierra Club, and was an avid horsewoman.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Johanson is survived by two sons, Rex Scripps Clark of La Jolla and William Scripps Clark of Santa Barbara; a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Revelle of Cambridge, Mass; five grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchildren.
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