The Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, February 6, 1941
BOWER SERVICES HELD THURSDAY
Long-Time Hopewell Resident Passes
Mrs. Emma Amelia Bower, 77, resident of the Hopewell district for the past 30 years, died in a local hospital Monday morning after a short illness. Funeral rites were held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 p.m. at Macy and Son chapel, with interment following in Hopewell cemetery.
Mrs. Bower was born August 6, 1863, in Minnesota. In 1886 she was married to the late William Bower, who died in 1915.
Children Survive
Surviving are one son, Reuel Bower, Silver Lake, Ore., and five daughters, Mrs. Pearl Rodeck, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Melissa Smith and Mrs. Della Bottger, Portland; Mrs. Luella Vincent, Sheridan, and Mrs. Marietta Robinson, Dayton. Another son, William M., was lost during the World war, and is listed on the Yamhill county memorial on the courthouse square.
One sister, Mrs. Etta Young, Devils Lake, N.D., and three half-brothers and four half-sisters, also survive, including Ezra Nash, Myrtle Point; Oram Nash, California; John Nash, Milwaukie; Mrs. Frank Campbell, Hopewell; Mrs. Clyde Lafollette, Wheatland; Mrs. Neil Versteeg, Dayton and Mrs. Grace Finley, Tigard.
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The Telephone Register, McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday, February 6, 1941
BOWER SERVICES HELD THURSDAY
Long-Time Hopewell Resident Passes
Mrs. Emma Amelia Bower, 77, resident of the Hopewell district for the past 30 years, died in a local hospital Monday morning after a short illness. Funeral rites were held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 p.m. at Macy and Son chapel, with interment following in Hopewell cemetery.
Mrs. Bower was born August 6, 1863, in Minnesota. In 1886 she was married to the late William Bower, who died in 1915.
Children Survive
Surviving are one son, Reuel Bower, Silver Lake, Ore., and five daughters, Mrs. Pearl Rodeck, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Melissa Smith and Mrs. Della Bottger, Portland; Mrs. Luella Vincent, Sheridan, and Mrs. Marietta Robinson, Dayton. Another son, William M., was lost during the World war, and is listed on the Yamhill county memorial on the courthouse square.
One sister, Mrs. Etta Young, Devils Lake, N.D., and three half-brothers and four half-sisters, also survive, including Ezra Nash, Myrtle Point; Oram Nash, California; John Nash, Milwaukie; Mrs. Frank Campbell, Hopewell; Mrs. Clyde Lafollette, Wheatland; Mrs. Neil Versteeg, Dayton and Mrs. Grace Finley, Tigard.
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Marietta McCullock Hichens Young
1861–1953
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Orren Lorenzo Nash
1867–1943
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Lucy Amanda Nash Zosel Versteeg
1869–1941
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John Nash
1871–1956
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George Erastus Nash
1873–1938
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Ray Nash
1875–1936
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Myrtie Viola Nash Worden
1876–1940
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Luella Malissa Nash LaFollett
1879–1980
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Ruth Jenette Nash Campbell
1881–1967
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Grace Agness Nash Finley
1884–1952
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Ezra A. Nash
1887–1982
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