Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, June 14, 1960
Mrs. Grace BOWEN, 76, Akron, died at 3 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital, where she had been admitted Monday. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Born June 23, 1883, in Fulton county, she was the daughter of James and Adline PONTIUS ALSPAUGH. She was married Jan. 19,1901, in Akron to Joseph BOWEN, who died in 1958. Mrs. Bowen had spent her lifetime in the Akron community. She was a member of the Akron Methodist church and of the Akron Omega club. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bernice BOWEN, Akron, and Mrs. Merle (Pauline) BENNETT, Buckley, Mich.; one son, Willis BOWEN, Akron; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and one brother, Charles ALSPAUGH, Upland. Three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death. Last rites will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Akron Methodist church with the Rev. Maurice KESSLER officiating, assisted by the Rev. Claude FAWNS. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery in [Athens]. Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron after 7 p.m. today until Thursday noon and at the church an hour before the service.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1941 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Mrs. Grace BOWEN, 76, Akron, died at 3 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital, where she had been admitted Monday. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Born June 23, 1883, in Fulton county, she was the daughter of James and Adline PONTIUS ALSPAUGH. She was married Jan. 19,1901, in Akron to Joseph BOWEN, who died in 1958. Mrs. Bowen had spent her lifetime in the Akron community. She was a member of the Akron Methodist church and of the Akron Omega club. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bernice BOWEN, Akron, and Mrs. Merle (Pauline) BENNETT, Buckley, Mich.; one son, Willis BOWEN, Akron; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and one brother, Charles ALSPAUGH, Upland. Three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death. Last rites will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Akron Methodist church with the Rev. Maurice KESSLER officiating, assisted by the Rev. Claude FAWNS. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery in [Athens]. Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron after 7 p.m. today until Thursday noon and at the church an hour before the service.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1941 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, June 14, 1960
Mrs. Grace BOWEN, 76, Akron, died at 3 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital, where she had been admitted Monday. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Born June 23, 1883, in Fulton county, she was the daughter of James and Adline PONTIUS ALSPAUGH. She was married Jan. 19,1901, in Akron to Joseph BOWEN, who died in 1958. Mrs. Bowen had spent her lifetime in the Akron community. She was a member of the Akron Methodist church and of the Akron Omega club. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bernice BOWEN, Akron, and Mrs. Merle (Pauline) BENNETT, Buckley, Mich.; one son, Willis BOWEN, Akron; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and one brother, Charles ALSPAUGH, Upland. Three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death. Last rites will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Akron Methodist church with the Rev. Maurice KESSLER officiating, assisted by the Rev. Claude FAWNS. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery in [Athens]. Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron after 7 p.m. today until Thursday noon and at the church an hour before the service.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1941 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Mrs. Grace BOWEN, 76, Akron, died at 3 a.m. today in Woodlawn hospital, where she had been admitted Monday. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Born June 23, 1883, in Fulton county, she was the daughter of James and Adline PONTIUS ALSPAUGH. She was married Jan. 19,1901, in Akron to Joseph BOWEN, who died in 1958. Mrs. Bowen had spent her lifetime in the Akron community. She was a member of the Akron Methodist church and of the Akron Omega club. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bernice BOWEN, Akron, and Mrs. Merle (Pauline) BENNETT, Buckley, Mich.; one son, Willis BOWEN, Akron; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and one brother, Charles ALSPAUGH, Upland. Three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death. Last rites will be Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Akron Methodist church with the Rev. Maurice KESSLER officiating, assisted by the Rev. Claude FAWNS. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery in [Athens]. Friends may call at the Sheetz funeral home in Akron after 7 p.m. today until Thursday noon and at the church an hour before the service.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1941 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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