Bloomington Daily Telephone 07/28/1936
Mrs. Elizabeth Dowden, 83, died Monday evening at the Bloomington hospital as the result of complications following a broken hip which she received in a fall last March. She was taken to the hospital last Wednesday. Her condition had never been such that the fracture could be set.
Mrs. Dowden was the widow of John L. Dowden, a well-known farmer of Monroe county, who died twenty-three years ago. She had lived at 500 south Madison street for many years. Bert Adams, a nephew, had lived with her for the past fourteen years and helped care for her, and a brother, W. H. Adams, had lived there for the past few years.
She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Ed L. Adams of Menden, Neb., and Mrs. Laura Adams of Bloomington, a brother-in-law, James H. Dowden of Decatur, Ill., and a host of nephews and nieces.
She was a member of the First Methodist church. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the Clear Creek Christian church in charge of Rev. C. Howard Taylor and Rev. Frank Messersmith. Singing will be in charge of the Clear Creek choir.
Pallbearers will be nephews, John, Ed, William, Jesse, Richard and Guy Adams. Flower bearers will be great nieces, Mary, Catherine, Marjorie, and Alta Adams, Frances Hyde and Margaret Gross.
The body will be removed from the Weir Funeral home to 500 south Madison street this afternoon and will lie in state there until 9:30 Thursday morning. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery at Clear Creek.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dowden, 83, died Monday evening at the Bloomington hospital as the result of complications following a broken hip which she received in a fall last March. She was taken to the hospital last Wednesday. Her condition had never been such that the fracture could be set.
Mrs. Dowden was the widow of John L. Dowden, a well-known farmer of Monroe county, who died twenty-three years ago. She had lived at 500 south Madison street for many years. Bert Adams, a nephew, had lived with her for the past fourteen years and helped care for her, and a brother, W. H. Adams, had lived there for the past few years.
She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Ed L. Adams of Menden, Neb., and Mrs. Laura Adams of Bloomington, a brother-in-law, James H. Dowden of Decatur, Ill., and a host of nephews and nieces.
She was a member of the First Methodist church. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the Clear Creek Christian church in charge of Rev. C. Howard Taylor and Rev. Frank Messersmith. Singing will be in charge of the Clear Creek choir.
Pallbearers will be nephews, John, Ed, William, Jesse, Richard and Guy Adams. Flower bearers will be great nieces, Mary, Catherine, Marjorie, and Alta Adams, Frances Hyde and Margaret Gross.
The body will be removed from the Weir Funeral home to 500 south Madison street this afternoon and will lie in state there until 9:30 Thursday morning. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery at Clear Creek.
Bloomington Daily Telephone 07/28/1936
Mrs. Elizabeth Dowden, 83, died Monday evening at the Bloomington hospital as the result of complications following a broken hip which she received in a fall last March. She was taken to the hospital last Wednesday. Her condition had never been such that the fracture could be set.
Mrs. Dowden was the widow of John L. Dowden, a well-known farmer of Monroe county, who died twenty-three years ago. She had lived at 500 south Madison street for many years. Bert Adams, a nephew, had lived with her for the past fourteen years and helped care for her, and a brother, W. H. Adams, had lived there for the past few years.
She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Ed L. Adams of Menden, Neb., and Mrs. Laura Adams of Bloomington, a brother-in-law, James H. Dowden of Decatur, Ill., and a host of nephews and nieces.
She was a member of the First Methodist church. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the Clear Creek Christian church in charge of Rev. C. Howard Taylor and Rev. Frank Messersmith. Singing will be in charge of the Clear Creek choir.
Pallbearers will be nephews, John, Ed, William, Jesse, Richard and Guy Adams. Flower bearers will be great nieces, Mary, Catherine, Marjorie, and Alta Adams, Frances Hyde and Margaret Gross.
The body will be removed from the Weir Funeral home to 500 south Madison street this afternoon and will lie in state there until 9:30 Thursday morning. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery at Clear Creek.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dowden, 83, died Monday evening at the Bloomington hospital as the result of complications following a broken hip which she received in a fall last March. She was taken to the hospital last Wednesday. Her condition had never been such that the fracture could be set.
Mrs. Dowden was the widow of John L. Dowden, a well-known farmer of Monroe county, who died twenty-three years ago. She had lived at 500 south Madison street for many years. Bert Adams, a nephew, had lived with her for the past fourteen years and helped care for her, and a brother, W. H. Adams, had lived there for the past few years.
She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Ed L. Adams of Menden, Neb., and Mrs. Laura Adams of Bloomington, a brother-in-law, James H. Dowden of Decatur, Ill., and a host of nephews and nieces.
She was a member of the First Methodist church. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the Clear Creek Christian church in charge of Rev. C. Howard Taylor and Rev. Frank Messersmith. Singing will be in charge of the Clear Creek choir.
Pallbearers will be nephews, John, Ed, William, Jesse, Richard and Guy Adams. Flower bearers will be great nieces, Mary, Catherine, Marjorie, and Alta Adams, Frances Hyde and Margaret Gross.
The body will be removed from the Weir Funeral home to 500 south Madison street this afternoon and will lie in state there until 9:30 Thursday morning. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery at Clear Creek.
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