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Caroline “May” <I>Shotwell</I> Bower

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Caroline “May” Shotwell Bower

Birth
Macon County, Illinois, USA
Death
12 Dec 1941 (aged 78)
Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Redfield, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
south section Row 1, from SW Corner
Memorial ID
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Fort Scott Tribune
"May" and Jay G. Bower were married February 23, 1882 in Delavan, Tazewell, Co., IL. After Jay's death in 1921 she married Evan R. Griffith on Aug. 11, 1925 in Nevada, Vernon Co., MO.

FT. SCOTT NEWSPAPER
CAROLINE GRIFFITH RITES HELD SUNDAY
..The funeral services for Mrs. Caroline May Bower Griffith, who passed away last Friday Dec.12,1941)afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Warren of 1234 S. Judson St., where she had been bedfast for the last 6 months were held at 1:30 Sunday afternoon from the Konantz funeral chapel.
..The Rev. J. W. Bays, pastor of the First Baptist church, was in charge.
..Interment was made in the family lot at the Mt. Orum cemetery southwest of Redfield. Those selected to serve as the pall bearers were Gottleib Fink, Frank Hall, Ed Warren, Roy Horning, John Russell and Fred Elbrader.
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Newspaper obituary found in genealogy notes of Nona K. Warren Jones and located by Evelyn Jones Christensen.

Fort Scott Tribune
"May" and Jay G. Bower were married February 23, 1882 in Delavan, Tazewell, Co., IL. After Jay's death in 1921 she married Evan R. Griffith on Aug. 11, 1925 in Nevada, Vernon Co., MO.

FT. SCOTT NEWSPAPER
CAROLINE GRIFFITH RITES HELD SUNDAY
..The funeral services for Mrs. Caroline May Bower Griffith, who passed away last Friday Dec.12,1941)afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Warren of 1234 S. Judson St., where she had been bedfast for the last 6 months were held at 1:30 Sunday afternoon from the Konantz funeral chapel.
..The Rev. J. W. Bays, pastor of the First Baptist church, was in charge.
..Interment was made in the family lot at the Mt. Orum cemetery southwest of Redfield. Those selected to serve as the pall bearers were Gottleib Fink, Frank Hall, Ed Warren, Roy Horning, John Russell and Fred Elbrader.
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Newspaper obituary found in genealogy notes of Nona K. Warren Jones and located by Evelyn Jones Christensen.

Gravesite Details

s/w May & Jay Bower



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