Harriet (Ashbacher) Cowan - 1901 - 1989

ASHBACHER, THOMSON, PHILLIPS, FIDEL, SCHMAUS, ARNOLD, HALL, PATSCHKE, STIPP

Posted By: Connie L. Ellis (email)
Date: 12/25/2010 at 21:24:11

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa REPUBLICAN-STANDARD, October 26, 1989
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 24, 1989 for Harriet Cowan, 87 of Waukon, Iowa. She died Thursday, October 19, 1989 in Bountiful, UT at the home of her daughter. The Rev. Henry Heinbach officiated at the 11 a.m. services held at Martin Funeral Chapel, Waukon with burial in the Oakland Cemetery, Waukon.

She was born December 1, 1901 in Waukon to William and Elsie (Thomson) Ashbacher and graduated from Waukon High School. She worked for many years at the ASCS office in Waukon and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Waukon, Iowa.

Surviving are a son, James Phillips of Orange Vale, CA, a daughter Joann and husband Philip Fidel of Bountiful, UT, eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a sister, Leora Schmaus of Iola, KS.

She was preceded in death by her parents, step-father John Arnold, a daughter Virginia, a son Billy, two sisters, Dorothy Hall and Florence Patschke, and a son-in-law Bud Stipp.