Elma E. Crossman Littell Rowley 1873-1950

ROWLEY, LITTELL, CROSSMAN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 10/18/2011 at 20:35:30

Mrs. Elma Rowley Dies
Services for Mrs. Elma [Crossman] Rowley, 77, former Estherville resident, will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the graveside in Eastside cemetery. Mrs. Rowley died Sunday [October 15, 1950] at 9 a.m. at Roberts nursing home in Spirit Lake of cancer. She had been hospitalized there for about five weeks. She is survived by one son, Gla Littell of California. Mrs. Rowley is the former Mrs. Will Littell, wife of a prominent merchant of Estherville. Will worked in the grocery store of his father, E.R. Littell, one of the first grocers to establish here. After the death of Littell, she left Estherville and has lived in Spirit Lake many years. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, October 17, 1950)