Frances Mary Rowan Bombarger 1851-1933

BOMBARGER, ROWAN, ROWEN, WNER, SANWOOD, SHARAR, SANBORN

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/18/2012 at 17:57:23

Mrs. Frances M. Bombarger age 82, died at the home of her son Will Bombarger near Huntington, Saturday, Dec. 31. She was born in New York state Oct. 4, 1851, and came west as a young woman. She was married to Barton C. Bombarger while living in Illinois.

For almost fifty years Mrs. Bombarger has made her home in Emmet county living near Huntington for about twenty years. She leaves three children, Ora of Motley, Minn., Carl and Will and two grandchildren besides seven step-children, Mrs. Joe Warner, Sandstone, Minn.; Mrs. Harry Sanwood, Pueblo, Colo., Mrs. Fred Sharar, of Dunnell, Charles of Winona, Minn. and Mrs. Ely Sanborn of Riverside, Calif., and twenty-five step-grandchildren to mourn her passing. Her husband and one stepson Walter have passed away.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1:30 in the Methodist church at Huntington, the Rev. Yeager I charge. Burial was at the East Side cemetery in Estherville.

Pall bearers were Byron Sharar, Dave Reimer, Judge Schenck, Geo. Peterson, Albert Myhre and Charles Logue. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, January 4, 1934)

Francis Mary Rowan Bombarger
Francis Mary Rowan [Mary Francis per gravestone] was born October 4th, 1851, in the state of New York, the daughter of Thomas and Bridget Rowen. She died December 31, 1933, age 82 years, 2 months and 27 days.

On August 12, 1885, at the age of thirty-four she was married to Barton C. Bombarger at Gibson City, Ill. To this union three children were born, all of whom survive – Wm. Edward of Huntington; Carl Oscar of Estherville, and Ora Rondell, of Motley, Minn. She has seven step children, two grandchildren and also a brother, Chas. Rowan of Webster City, Iowa. Her husband preceded her in death on April 12th, 1930, and since that time she has made her home in Huntington with her son, Wm.

In 1880 she became a member of the Presbyterian Church, later she changed her membership to the Baptist Church and when the Methodist Church was organized in Huntington she became a member of it, and has been a faithful member ever since.

Funeral services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. C.R. Yeaer, at the Huntington Church Wednesday afternoon at 1:30. Burial was at the East Side Cemetery in Estherville.

Dearest mother you have gone from our fireside,
Stilled is your loving heart, patient and brave,
It’s but a few days since you were with us,
But now the birds sing o’er your grave.
Friends and kindred gathered around her,
As in her coffin she lay.
One sad lingering look they gave her
Weeping o’er her lifeless clay.
She is roaming with the angels bright
That tread the other shore,
They took her from our home and sight,
With us to dwell no more.
(Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, January 3, 1934)