Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bowen, Mary A. (Taylor) 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net November 28, 2011, 12:15 am Ionia County News, 10 Apr 1947 Mrs. Mary A. Bowen died in a Mt. Pleasant hospital Saturday, April 5. She was 89 years old. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer H. Taylor, and had spent most of her long life in Ionia, where she lived on Lafayette St. She was a charter member of Queen Esther Chapter No. 35 and a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church. Her father was one of the founders of the Ionia Masonic Blue Lodge and is also credited with organizing the Ionia Presbyterian church. Surviving Mrs. Bowen are a brother George Taylor of Rockford and a sister, Mrs. Grace MacArthur of Blanchard, the last charter member of Queen Esther Chapter, O.E.S. Rev. A.J. Westmaas officiated at the funeral service held Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in Easton cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bowen17237nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb