Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cowles, Elizabeth H. 1919
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The Belding Banner-News, Wednesday, September 10, 1919


Mrs. R. B. Cowles, aged 75 years, a life long resident of this vicinity passed 
away from earth life on Saturday morning, September 6, at four o’clock, at 
Kalkaska, where she had gone to escape a dreaded hay fever attack.  Her demise 
was caused by a complication of diseases.  Mrs. Cowles had left here on July 
30 and had gone to the northern Michigan town and was stopping with Fred 
Jensen, at Kalkaska, when death occurred.  Mrs. Jensen had attended her and 
had given her medicine each hour.  At three o’clock Saturday morning when the 
last medicine was administered, Mrs. Cowles was resting comfortably, but at 
four o’clock when another dose of medicine was to be given, Mrs. Jensen found 
the sufferer dead.

News of her death at once was wired to this city and shortly after noon on 
Saturday, Undertaker Ben Friendly and driver Al. Cichy, of the Miller & Harris 
Furniture Co. left here with the company hearse and went up to Kalkaska after 
the body.  They returned to this city Sunday night at about eight o’clock.

The funeral was held from her late home on South Bridge St. Tuesday afternoon 
at two o’clock, Re.v Isadore Davenport, of Battle Creek, officiating.  Fred 
Cornell and Mrs. E. E. Hudson sang some beautiful song selections.  Burial was 
made in River Ridge cemetery.

Those attending from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hawkins, of Howell, Mr. 
and Mrs. Ellis Witt, of Linden, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Cowles, of Trufant, and 
Mrs. George Tottingham and Kittie and Geneva Sixbury, of Greenville.



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