Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bowman, Catherine A. (Felbel) 1915 ************************************************ 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 May 26, 2011, 11:27 am Lyons Herald, 8 Apr 1915 Catherine Felbel was born in W???ford, Monroe county, Michigan, June 24, 1860, and died at her home in Lyons, March 31, 1915, aged 51 years, 9 months and 7 days. She was married to Wm. Bowman, at Grand Ledge, June 13, 1881. To them was born five children, four daughters and one son passed to the Great Beyond September 23, 1899. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith when a child, and has been an earnest christian since. She was a member of the W.R.C., where she was an active worker, until failing health kept her in her home. She leaves to mourn her loss, besides her sorrowing husband, four daughters: Mrs. Nellie Dick of Lansing; Mrs. Iva Tubbs of Pontiac; Mrs. Mabel Fitch of Ovid; Mrs. Grace Sage of this village; a mother aged 92, who resides with her daughter in Petersburg; and sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, St. Johns, Oregon; Mrs. Dora Federman of Petersburg, Michigan; Mrs. Amelia Hogle of Toledo, Ohio, and Mrs. Eva Palmer of Lansing, and six grand children. The deceased was always ready with kindly words and acts to help her friends and neighbors until sickness overtook her. She will be greatly missed by all, but most of all in that lonely home, and may God sustain and comfort the bereaved husband and daughters. Yet while we mourn our loss we bow in submission to the will of Him who doeth all things well, believing that what is our loss is her eternal gain. The funeral services were held from the home Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. W. Hurd. The following relatives from out of town attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dick and family, Mrs. Kate Palmer, Andrew Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. Wm Curtis of Lansing; Mrs. Erna Tubbs of Pontiac; Mr. and Mrs. Fitch and daughter of Ovid; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Holmes of Owosso; Mrs. John Federman of Petersburg; Louis Miller of Grand Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dick of North Plains. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bowman12424nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb