Edwin Lowrey, Sr., dean of Centerville business men, who operated the Lowrey grocery and coffee roasting concern for over half a century here, and who would next month reach the age of eighty years suffered a stroke, said to have been the result of a blood clot on the brain at 5:00 a.m. today and is at St. Joseph's hospital now in serious condition.
Following the death of his wife some two years ago, Mr. Lowrey has been living in an apartment above the Lowrey store on West State Street, with his grandson Edwin. It was at five o'clock when it was discovered the elder Lowrey was in serious condition and his grandson called medical assistance. The aged man was taken at once to the hospital where at noon he was reported to be resting comfortably but was in serious condition.
Mrs. Bert McClain, a daughter residing at Lancaster, Mo., was called immediately and arrived this forenoon. A wire has been sent and Dr. Claude Lowrey of Oklahoma City is on his way here. Two grandchildren, Mrs. D. N. Brown, and Edwin Lowrey of this city, were also at the bedside.
Comparatively recently Edwin and Mr. Brown had taken over the operation of the grocery store and Mr. Lowrey had devoted his time to the operation of the coffee roasting plant, which is situated in connection with the store and which has gained a wide popularity. Despite his advanced age Mr. Lowrey has been unusually active and his cheerful disposition and aggressiveness have been an inspiration to all who knew him. The day before he suffered his present illness he was at the store and apparently in excellent health and spirits.
Mr. Lowrey was born Sunday morning, June 5, 1853, in Belmont county, Ohio, in a little town called Poverty Row. He left his birthplace with his parents when he was three years of age, came down the Mississippi and thence from Keokuk came to Centerville.
Mr. Lowrey's father operated what was known as Shoup's mill from 1858 to 1865. In those days the mill was a busy place and Mr. Lowrey recalled, in his talk with a reporter a short time ago, that the mill hands did not "knock off work" until 11 p.m. and would sometimes be up and have the fires going at 4 and 5 a.m. Then the wheat crops in Appanoose county failed for a number of years and milling became a poor business. After having begun helping his father in the mill at the age of 16, after another brother had been killed in a boiler explosion, Mr. Lowrey found himself at the age of 23, without funds, with a wife and two children, and his mother to care for. He started clerking in a grocery store after finding that travelling on the road was not possible as his family needed his care and attention at home. It was February 1, 1890, that he started to "wrap" groceries for Jessie G. Patterson, one of the pioneer grocers here. His first grocery experience was gained in what is now the south portion of the McClellan store. He worked for 25 years, saved enough to buy the store, later moved into what is the Dudley building and finally built his present store. He began roasting coffee as an adjunct to his grocery business. He made it his boast that he could take the steps in his grocery store leading to the second floor two at a time.
From his first tiny log cabin home on the banks of the Little Walnut between Mystic and Walnut City, Mr. Lowrey emerged to become one of the county's best known, and best liked business men. Mr. Lowrey's motto was to "put your hand to the plow and without looking backward put your whole soul in what you have to do". He had said a short time before his death, "I am in this work, I cannot stop, I have much to do and I am going to keep going."
He worked instead of "worrying" and that is probably one of the reasons that he lived to be an active part of Centerville's business life up to his eightieth year. He would not have retired if he had felt that he could. His joy in life was activity and he felt this joy in full up until the day before his death.
The death of his wife was a sad blow to him but this too was assuaged. Following her death he had moved to the apartment in his store building and was living with his grandson at the time of his stroke. He had relinquished his grocery business just recently to Edwin and his grandson-in-law, D. N. Brown, while he directed his time to the management of the coffee roasting plant.
His children, Mrs. Bert McClain, of Lancaster, Missouri, and Dr. Claude Lowrey of Oklahoma City, were at his bedside at the time of death, together with his two grandchildren, Mrs. Brown and Edwin.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday from the Johnson Funeral home, with the Rev. Luther W. Childs, of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Lowrey had been a long time member, officiating. Burial will be in Concord cemetery near the grave of his father.
Following the death of his wife some two years ago, Mr. Lowrey has been living in an apartment above the Lowrey store on West State Street, with his grandson Edwin. It was at five o'clock when it was discovered the elder Lowrey was in serious condition and his grandson called medical assistance. The aged man was taken at once to the hospital where at noon he was reported to be resting comfortably but was in serious condition.
Mrs. Bert McClain, a daughter residing at Lancaster, Mo., was called immediately and arrived this forenoon. A wire has been sent and Dr. Claude Lowrey of Oklahoma City is on his way here. Two grandchildren, Mrs. D. N. Brown, and Edwin Lowrey of this city, were also at the bedside.
Comparatively recently Edwin and Mr. Brown had taken over the operation of the grocery store and Mr. Lowrey had devoted his time to the operation of the coffee roasting plant, which is situated in connection with the store and which has gained a wide popularity. Despite his advanced age Mr. Lowrey has been unusually active and his cheerful disposition and aggressiveness have been an inspiration to all who knew him. The day before he suffered his present illness he was at the store and apparently in excellent health and spirits.
Mr. Lowrey was born Sunday morning, June 5, 1853, in Belmont county, Ohio, in a little town called Poverty Row. He left his birthplace with his parents when he was three years of age, came down the Mississippi and thence from Keokuk came to Centerville.
Mr. Lowrey's father operated what was known as Shoup's mill from 1858 to 1865. In those days the mill was a busy place and Mr. Lowrey recalled, in his talk with a reporter a short time ago, that the mill hands did not "knock off work" until 11 p.m. and would sometimes be up and have the fires going at 4 and 5 a.m. Then the wheat crops in Appanoose county failed for a number of years and milling became a poor business. After having begun helping his father in the mill at the age of 16, after another brother had been killed in a boiler explosion, Mr. Lowrey found himself at the age of 23, without funds, with a wife and two children, and his mother to care for. He started clerking in a grocery store after finding that travelling on the road was not possible as his family needed his care and attention at home. It was February 1, 1890, that he started to "wrap" groceries for Jessie G. Patterson, one of the pioneer grocers here. His first grocery experience was gained in what is now the south portion of the McClellan store. He worked for 25 years, saved enough to buy the store, later moved into what is the Dudley building and finally built his present store. He began roasting coffee as an adjunct to his grocery business. He made it his boast that he could take the steps in his grocery store leading to the second floor two at a time.
From his first tiny log cabin home on the banks of the Little Walnut between Mystic and Walnut City, Mr. Lowrey emerged to become one of the county's best known, and best liked business men. Mr. Lowrey's motto was to "put your hand to the plow and without looking backward put your whole soul in what you have to do". He had said a short time before his death, "I am in this work, I cannot stop, I have much to do and I am going to keep going."
He worked instead of "worrying" and that is probably one of the reasons that he lived to be an active part of Centerville's business life up to his eightieth year. He would not have retired if he had felt that he could. His joy in life was activity and he felt this joy in full up until the day before his death.
The death of his wife was a sad blow to him but this too was assuaged. Following her death he had moved to the apartment in his store building and was living with his grandson at the time of his stroke. He had relinquished his grocery business just recently to Edwin and his grandson-in-law, D. N. Brown, while he directed his time to the management of the coffee roasting plant.
His children, Mrs. Bert McClain, of Lancaster, Missouri, and Dr. Claude Lowrey of Oklahoma City, were at his bedside at the time of death, together with his two grandchildren, Mrs. Brown and Edwin.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday from the Johnson Funeral home, with the Rev. Luther W. Childs, of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Lowrey had been a long time member, officiating. Burial will be in Concord cemetery near the grave of his father.
Edwin Lowrey, Sr., dean of Centerville business men, who operated the Lowrey grocery and coffee roasting concern for over half a century here, and who would next month reach the age of eighty years suffered a stroke, said to have been the result of a blood clot on the brain at 5:00 a.m. today and is at St. Joseph's hospital now in serious condition.
Following the death of his wife some two years ago, Mr. Lowrey has been living in an apartment above the Lowrey store on West State Street, with his grandson Edwin. It was at five o'clock when it was discovered the elder Lowrey was in serious condition and his grandson called medical assistance. The aged man was taken at once to the hospital where at noon he was reported to be resting comfortably but was in serious condition.
Mrs. Bert McClain, a daughter residing at Lancaster, Mo., was called immediately and arrived this forenoon. A wire has been sent and Dr. Claude Lowrey of Oklahoma City is on his way here. Two grandchildren, Mrs. D. N. Brown, and Edwin Lowrey of this city, were also at the bedside.
Comparatively recently Edwin and Mr. Brown had taken over the operation of the grocery store and Mr. Lowrey had devoted his time to the operation of the coffee roasting plant, which is situated in connection with the store and which has gained a wide popularity. Despite his advanced age Mr. Lowrey has been unusually active and his cheerful disposition and aggressiveness have been an inspiration to all who knew him. The day before he suffered his present illness he was at the store and apparently in excellent health and spirits.
Mr. Lowrey was born Sunday morning, June 5, 1853, in Belmont county, Ohio, in a little town called Poverty Row. He left his birthplace with his parents when he was three years of age, came down the Mississippi and thence from Keokuk came to Centerville.
Mr. Lowrey's father operated what was known as Shoup's mill from 1858 to 1865. In those days the mill was a busy place and Mr. Lowrey recalled, in his talk with a reporter a short time ago, that the mill hands did not "knock off work" until 11 p.m. and would sometimes be up and have the fires going at 4 and 5 a.m. Then the wheat crops in Appanoose county failed for a number of years and milling became a poor business. After having begun helping his father in the mill at the age of 16, after another brother had been killed in a boiler explosion, Mr. Lowrey found himself at the age of 23, without funds, with a wife and two children, and his mother to care for. He started clerking in a grocery store after finding that travelling on the road was not possible as his family needed his care and attention at home. It was February 1, 1890, that he started to "wrap" groceries for Jessie G. Patterson, one of the pioneer grocers here. His first grocery experience was gained in what is now the south portion of the McClellan store. He worked for 25 years, saved enough to buy the store, later moved into what is the Dudley building and finally built his present store. He began roasting coffee as an adjunct to his grocery business. He made it his boast that he could take the steps in his grocery store leading to the second floor two at a time.
From his first tiny log cabin home on the banks of the Little Walnut between Mystic and Walnut City, Mr. Lowrey emerged to become one of the county's best known, and best liked business men. Mr. Lowrey's motto was to "put your hand to the plow and without looking backward put your whole soul in what you have to do". He had said a short time before his death, "I am in this work, I cannot stop, I have much to do and I am going to keep going."
He worked instead of "worrying" and that is probably one of the reasons that he lived to be an active part of Centerville's business life up to his eightieth year. He would not have retired if he had felt that he could. His joy in life was activity and he felt this joy in full up until the day before his death.
The death of his wife was a sad blow to him but this too was assuaged. Following her death he had moved to the apartment in his store building and was living with his grandson at the time of his stroke. He had relinquished his grocery business just recently to Edwin and his grandson-in-law, D. N. Brown, while he directed his time to the management of the coffee roasting plant.
His children, Mrs. Bert McClain, of Lancaster, Missouri, and Dr. Claude Lowrey of Oklahoma City, were at his bedside at the time of death, together with his two grandchildren, Mrs. Brown and Edwin.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday from the Johnson Funeral home, with the Rev. Luther W. Childs, of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Lowrey had been a long time member, officiating. Burial will be in Concord cemetery near the grave of his father.
Following the death of his wife some two years ago, Mr. Lowrey has been living in an apartment above the Lowrey store on West State Street, with his grandson Edwin. It was at five o'clock when it was discovered the elder Lowrey was in serious condition and his grandson called medical assistance. The aged man was taken at once to the hospital where at noon he was reported to be resting comfortably but was in serious condition.
Mrs. Bert McClain, a daughter residing at Lancaster, Mo., was called immediately and arrived this forenoon. A wire has been sent and Dr. Claude Lowrey of Oklahoma City is on his way here. Two grandchildren, Mrs. D. N. Brown, and Edwin Lowrey of this city, were also at the bedside.
Comparatively recently Edwin and Mr. Brown had taken over the operation of the grocery store and Mr. Lowrey had devoted his time to the operation of the coffee roasting plant, which is situated in connection with the store and which has gained a wide popularity. Despite his advanced age Mr. Lowrey has been unusually active and his cheerful disposition and aggressiveness have been an inspiration to all who knew him. The day before he suffered his present illness he was at the store and apparently in excellent health and spirits.
Mr. Lowrey was born Sunday morning, June 5, 1853, in Belmont county, Ohio, in a little town called Poverty Row. He left his birthplace with his parents when he was three years of age, came down the Mississippi and thence from Keokuk came to Centerville.
Mr. Lowrey's father operated what was known as Shoup's mill from 1858 to 1865. In those days the mill was a busy place and Mr. Lowrey recalled, in his talk with a reporter a short time ago, that the mill hands did not "knock off work" until 11 p.m. and would sometimes be up and have the fires going at 4 and 5 a.m. Then the wheat crops in Appanoose county failed for a number of years and milling became a poor business. After having begun helping his father in the mill at the age of 16, after another brother had been killed in a boiler explosion, Mr. Lowrey found himself at the age of 23, without funds, with a wife and two children, and his mother to care for. He started clerking in a grocery store after finding that travelling on the road was not possible as his family needed his care and attention at home. It was February 1, 1890, that he started to "wrap" groceries for Jessie G. Patterson, one of the pioneer grocers here. His first grocery experience was gained in what is now the south portion of the McClellan store. He worked for 25 years, saved enough to buy the store, later moved into what is the Dudley building and finally built his present store. He began roasting coffee as an adjunct to his grocery business. He made it his boast that he could take the steps in his grocery store leading to the second floor two at a time.
From his first tiny log cabin home on the banks of the Little Walnut between Mystic and Walnut City, Mr. Lowrey emerged to become one of the county's best known, and best liked business men. Mr. Lowrey's motto was to "put your hand to the plow and without looking backward put your whole soul in what you have to do". He had said a short time before his death, "I am in this work, I cannot stop, I have much to do and I am going to keep going."
He worked instead of "worrying" and that is probably one of the reasons that he lived to be an active part of Centerville's business life up to his eightieth year. He would not have retired if he had felt that he could. His joy in life was activity and he felt this joy in full up until the day before his death.
The death of his wife was a sad blow to him but this too was assuaged. Following her death he had moved to the apartment in his store building and was living with his grandson at the time of his stroke. He had relinquished his grocery business just recently to Edwin and his grandson-in-law, D. N. Brown, while he directed his time to the management of the coffee roasting plant.
His children, Mrs. Bert McClain, of Lancaster, Missouri, and Dr. Claude Lowrey of Oklahoma City, were at his bedside at the time of death, together with his two grandchildren, Mrs. Brown and Edwin.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday from the Johnson Funeral home, with the Rev. Luther W. Childs, of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Lowrey had been a long time member, officiating. Burial will be in Concord cemetery near the grave of his father.
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