Mary M. (Smith) Sowers 1852 - 1930

SOWERS, SMITH, RICKETTS, BALLARD

Posted By: Linda H Meyers (email)
Date: 6/9/2008 at 10:11:32

MRS. MARY M. SOWERS DIES IN DES MOINES

Mrs. Mary M. Sowers, 77, sister of Mrs. Belle Ricketts of Ames and one of the pioneer resedents of Story county, died at her home in Des Moines Monday after an illness of more than a month.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Adams chapel here. Burial wil be in the Ames cemetery.
Mrs. Sowers is survived by six children, and a brother, John Smith of Fernald, besides the sister here. Her husband, Thomas J. Sowers died at Gilbert December 26, 1923. Mrs. Sowers was born in Ohio, December 28, 1852.
The surviving children include: Dorothy of Des Moines, George of Story City, Mrs. Alta Ballard of Winterset, Bert of Oakland, Cal., John of Woodland, Cal., and Mrs. Myrtle Gilmore of Los Angeles, Cal.

---from the Ames Daily Tribune Dec. 18, 1930