Decatur County Journal
November l3, l902

LESTER ERLE SHOWALTER, the young man who was killed in the collapse of
the Smith Building last Wednesday night, was born in Ringgold County,
Iowa, January llth, l885, died in Grant City, Oct. 29th, l902, aged l7
years, 9 months and l8 days. In September l90l he went to Leon, Iowa,
to attend school, living with his sister, MRS. W.P. MARSHALL until the
arrival of his parents, February, l902.

About the first of October he came to Grant City to attend school,
residing with his sister, MRS. ERNEST EWING. The Leon school having
been condemned, was torn down, and the young man was continuing his
studies here at the time of his sudden and untimely demise. He leaves
parents, MR. and MRS. I.J. SHOWALTER, of Leon, two brothers, the older
HUGH, living at Salem, Oregon; ERNEST, the younger at Fort Morgan,
Colorado; three sisters, MRS. W.P. MARSHALL, of Leon, Iowa; MRS. ERNEST
EWING, of Grant City; MRS. F.H. GLENN, of Kirksville, Mo., and a host of
surrounding friends.

His father who had been in Baldwin, Kansas, attending the funeral of
Rev. JAMES SHOWALTER, his brother, was apprised of the death of his son
while on his return at Kansas City, from a daily paper. The entire
family except HUGH, detained by sickness, attended the funeral at
Hickory Grove, in Ringgold County, Iowa, Saturday, Nov. lst, Elder
Hatch, of Leon, conducting the funeral.

--GRANT CITY STAR.
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