Sylvia Maude (Sowers) Carey - 1885 - 1979

SOWERS, CAREY, BALLARD, PATTERSON, MONTGOMERY, ALBERTS, JONES

Posted By: Linda H Meyers (email)
Date: 4/30/2013 at 15:00:51

Word has been received of the death of Sylvia Maude (Sowers) Carey, 93, Boundtiful, Utah. A former R.R. 2 Ames resident, Mrs. Carey died June 21 in Bountiful.

Graveside services will be Tuesday, June 26, at noon from the Ames Municipal Cemetery.

The Adams Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

Mrs. Carey was born July 4. 1885, in Milford Township to J. W. and Allice Jeanette (Ballard) Sowers. She married Ernest Carey June 9, 1920. She was a former teacher and homemaker. Mrs. Carey moved to Bountiful 17 years ago.

Survivors include one daughter, Maxine Patterson of Bountiful, Utah; two sisters, Jessie Montgomery, Story County Hospital longterm care unit, and Mildred Sowers of Los Angeles, Calif.; one granddaughter, Linda Alberts of Iowa City; and one great-grandson.

Mrs. Carey was preceded in death by her husband, Dec. 12, 1958; one daughter, Alice Jane Jones; one granddaughter, Sylvia Jones; five brothers; and four sisters.

A memorial fund has been established and gifts may be sent to either the Cancer Society or to the Shriner's Crippled Childrens' Hospital.

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