Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Bowers, Mertie Ann 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com April 2, 2006, 3:00 pm Payette Enterprise 6-19-1930 Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, June 19, 1930 MERTIE A. BOWERS Mrs. Mertie A. Bowers of Payette, died at her ranch home north of Payette, June 12th, 1920, about one o'clock in the morning. Mertie Ann Plum was born March 31st, 1868 in Polk County, Pennsylvania. At an early age she moved with her family to Lanark, Ill., and later moved to Northeastern Kansas with friends. She was united in marriage to John A. Bowers at Morrill, Kans., on December 24, 1885. To this union were born four children; Minnie, Edward M., Roy E. and Harry I. Bowers. In 1906 the family moved to Idaho and resided for a number of years on what is now the Mrs. S. C. Hunter ranch east of Fruitland. After a years sojourn in the eastern states the Bowers family returned to Fruitland and built the house now owned by H. H. Martin on Minnesota Avenue. For the past eight years Mrs. Bowers had been residing on her ranch four miles north of Payette. The death of her husband, John A. Bowers, occurred on June 7th, 1925, due to Hodgkin's disease. Mrs. Bowers was ill but a short time preceding her death which was due to heart disease. She leaves all her children to mourn her; Mrs. Minnie Van Natta of Emmett; Edward Milton Bowers of Payette; Roy E. Bowers of Fruitland and Harry I. Bowers of Los Angeles, Cal. all of the children were present at the time of her death and burial. Besides her children, Mrs. Bowers leaves two sisters and two brothers; Mrs. Lilly Schwant of Zimmerman, Minn.; Mrs. Carrie Graham of Iowa; Clarence Plum of Savannah, Ill., and William Plum of Kansas. Funeral services were held in the Church of the Brethren at Fruitland on Saturday, June 14 at ten o'clock, Rev. McKinley Coffman and Rev. G. H. Webb conducting the services. Burial was made in Riverside cemetery at Payette. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all who so willingly assisted at the time of our mother's death. also for the beautiful floral offerings and sympathy shown us. MINNIE M. VAN NATTA EDWARD M. BOWERS ROY E. BOWERS HARRY L. BOWERS File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/b/bowers1676gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb