Bedford Times-Press ( Bedford, Iowa), Wednesday, August 4, 1993
SARAH JANE BOWERS HUGGINS - Sarah Jane Bowers Huggins was born January 27, 1927 to Ruth Rankin Bowers and William Oliver Bowers on the family farm near Conway, Iowa. She died at the Kavanaugh Hospice House in Des Moines on July 18, 1993.
Her childhood was spent on the family farm. She graduated from Conway High School in 1944; Northwest Missouri State Teachers College at Maryville, Mo., 1947; and Kilgore College of Nursing, Kilgore, Texas, 1974.
On Aug. 18, 1946 she was married to Willard R. Huggins. The wedding took place at the family farm, the same location as her parents wedding.
To this union two sons were born: Steve Wayne and Barry Lynn. They lived in Red Oak, Newton and Muscatine, Iowa; Denver, Colo.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Henderson, Texas.
Mrs. Huggins moved to Marlon, Texas after graduating from nurse's school and worked for the Veteran's Administration.
She transferred to Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. Her retirement was in 1990.
"Janie", as she was called, was a genealogist. She made many trips to Salt Lake City, Utah, doing research. Her great accomplishment was reading all "old" newspapers in Taylor County and noting Bowers news. She has researched the Bowers-Rankin history very extensively.
She leaves two sons to mourn her passing: Barry in Des Moines, Iowa; Steven in Crimora, Va.; two grandsons, Steven Christopher in Nashville, Tenn.; and Anthony Wayne in Florida. There are two sisters, Mary Lou Harkins in Adair, Iowa; and Joan Lawson near Bedford, Iowa. She has a half-brother, Floyd Bowers in Dover, Ohio.
She donated her body to University of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines. The cremains will be interred at Washington Cemetery near Gravity, Iowa.
She was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Gravity in 1939. She belonged to Valley United Methodist Church in West Des Moines and the Iowa Genealogy Society.
SARAH JANE BOWERS HUGGINS - Sarah Jane Bowers Huggins was born January 27, 1927 to Ruth Rankin Bowers and William Oliver Bowers on the family farm near Conway, Iowa. She died at the Kavanaugh Hospice House in Des Moines on July 18, 1993.
Her childhood was spent on the family farm. She graduated from Conway High School in 1944; Northwest Missouri State Teachers College at Maryville, Mo., 1947; and Kilgore College of Nursing, Kilgore, Texas, 1974.
On Aug. 18, 1946 she was married to Willard R. Huggins. The wedding took place at the family farm, the same location as her parents wedding.
To this union two sons were born: Steve Wayne and Barry Lynn. They lived in Red Oak, Newton and Muscatine, Iowa; Denver, Colo.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Henderson, Texas.
Mrs. Huggins moved to Marlon, Texas after graduating from nurse's school and worked for the Veteran's Administration.
She transferred to Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. Her retirement was in 1990.
"Janie", as she was called, was a genealogist. She made many trips to Salt Lake City, Utah, doing research. Her great accomplishment was reading all "old" newspapers in Taylor County and noting Bowers news. She has researched the Bowers-Rankin history very extensively.
She leaves two sons to mourn her passing: Barry in Des Moines, Iowa; Steven in Crimora, Va.; two grandsons, Steven Christopher in Nashville, Tenn.; and Anthony Wayne in Florida. There are two sisters, Mary Lou Harkins in Adair, Iowa; and Joan Lawson near Bedford, Iowa. She has a half-brother, Floyd Bowers in Dover, Ohio.
She donated her body to University of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines. The cremains will be interred at Washington Cemetery near Gravity, Iowa.
She was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Gravity in 1939. She belonged to Valley United Methodist Church in West Des Moines and the Iowa Genealogy Society.
Bedford Times-Press ( Bedford, Iowa), Wednesday, August 4, 1993
SARAH JANE BOWERS HUGGINS - Sarah Jane Bowers Huggins was born January 27, 1927 to Ruth Rankin Bowers and William Oliver Bowers on the family farm near Conway, Iowa. She died at the Kavanaugh Hospice House in Des Moines on July 18, 1993.
Her childhood was spent on the family farm. She graduated from Conway High School in 1944; Northwest Missouri State Teachers College at Maryville, Mo., 1947; and Kilgore College of Nursing, Kilgore, Texas, 1974.
On Aug. 18, 1946 she was married to Willard R. Huggins. The wedding took place at the family farm, the same location as her parents wedding.
To this union two sons were born: Steve Wayne and Barry Lynn. They lived in Red Oak, Newton and Muscatine, Iowa; Denver, Colo.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Henderson, Texas.
Mrs. Huggins moved to Marlon, Texas after graduating from nurse's school and worked for the Veteran's Administration.
She transferred to Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. Her retirement was in 1990.
"Janie", as she was called, was a genealogist. She made many trips to Salt Lake City, Utah, doing research. Her great accomplishment was reading all "old" newspapers in Taylor County and noting Bowers news. She has researched the Bowers-Rankin history very extensively.
She leaves two sons to mourn her passing: Barry in Des Moines, Iowa; Steven in Crimora, Va.; two grandsons, Steven Christopher in Nashville, Tenn.; and Anthony Wayne in Florida. There are two sisters, Mary Lou Harkins in Adair, Iowa; and Joan Lawson near Bedford, Iowa. She has a half-brother, Floyd Bowers in Dover, Ohio.
She donated her body to University of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines. The cremains will be interred at Washington Cemetery near Gravity, Iowa.
She was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Gravity in 1939. She belonged to Valley United Methodist Church in West Des Moines and the Iowa Genealogy Society.
SARAH JANE BOWERS HUGGINS - Sarah Jane Bowers Huggins was born January 27, 1927 to Ruth Rankin Bowers and William Oliver Bowers on the family farm near Conway, Iowa. She died at the Kavanaugh Hospice House in Des Moines on July 18, 1993.
Her childhood was spent on the family farm. She graduated from Conway High School in 1944; Northwest Missouri State Teachers College at Maryville, Mo., 1947; and Kilgore College of Nursing, Kilgore, Texas, 1974.
On Aug. 18, 1946 she was married to Willard R. Huggins. The wedding took place at the family farm, the same location as her parents wedding.
To this union two sons were born: Steve Wayne and Barry Lynn. They lived in Red Oak, Newton and Muscatine, Iowa; Denver, Colo.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Henderson, Texas.
Mrs. Huggins moved to Marlon, Texas after graduating from nurse's school and worked for the Veteran's Administration.
She transferred to Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. Her retirement was in 1990.
"Janie", as she was called, was a genealogist. She made many trips to Salt Lake City, Utah, doing research. Her great accomplishment was reading all "old" newspapers in Taylor County and noting Bowers news. She has researched the Bowers-Rankin history very extensively.
She leaves two sons to mourn her passing: Barry in Des Moines, Iowa; Steven in Crimora, Va.; two grandsons, Steven Christopher in Nashville, Tenn.; and Anthony Wayne in Florida. There are two sisters, Mary Lou Harkins in Adair, Iowa; and Joan Lawson near Bedford, Iowa. She has a half-brother, Floyd Bowers in Dover, Ohio.
She donated her body to University of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines. The cremains will be interred at Washington Cemetery near Gravity, Iowa.
She was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Gravity in 1939. She belonged to Valley United Methodist Church in West Des Moines and the Iowa Genealogy Society.
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