Mrs. OWEN (Emma A. Raymond) Adams CONWAY 1871-1953

RUSSELL, RAYMOND, ADAMS, CONWAY, ROSE

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Date: 6/21/2005 at 14:36:15

Mrs. OWEN (Emma A. Raymond) Adams CONWAY 1871-1952

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Schutte Funeral Home for Mrs. Emma A. Conway, 81, of Hardin who passed away at Guttenberg on Friday. Burial was in the Hardin cemetery.

Emma A. Conway, at the age of 81 years, 11 months, and 15 days, passed away at the hospital in Guttenberg on Friday, January 9, 1953 after a lingering illness.

She was born the daughter of Stephen and Julia Russell Raymond January 26, 1871 in the village of Hardin, the oldest of a family of six children. Her entire lifetime was spent in Allamakee and Clayton counties.

She was married to W. A. Adams September 26, 1888. Three children were born to this union, namely: Orrin C. of Oregon City, Oregon; Marlowe G. of Willamette, Oregon, and Florence Townsend of Milwaukee, Oregon.

In 1911 she was married to Owen Conway. To this union one daughter was born. Rose, Mrs. Harry Rose of Luana.

She is survived by the four children, nine grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, one sister and one brother; many nieces and nephews. One grandson preceded her in death in 1952.

Postville Herald - contributed by Mary Durr