Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kowalski, Maggie August 25, 1932 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com June 29, 2016, 10:55 pm Sentinel-Standard - Fri. Aug. 26, 1932 Mrs. Maggie Kowalski, 77, Webber street, widow of Martin Kowalski, died at her home at 10 o'clock on Thursday evening of an illness of dropsy that began last March. Mr. Kowalski died eight years ago. She was a native of Posen Germany, and came with her husband and four oldest children to this country over 50 years ago. Not long after the arrival of the family in Ionia they bought the home on Webber street and for the past half century Mrs. Kowalski had lived there. The home is surrounded by flowers nurtured by her. Among the specimens are four large oleanders, one of them being rooted and starting its growth about the time that she located on Webber street. The other three are nearing 40 years of age. In these plants grown in small wooden tubs, she had taken a great deal of pride, and under her supervision they were carried each fall into the cellar where she kept them thriving until thee following spring. She was the mother of 14 children, which included twin daughters born in Germany and twin sons of American nativity. Eight of the children are living. They are; Mrs. Stella Elwood, Sanger, Cal.; Mrs. Edward LaTour, Detroit; Mrs. J.P. Conroy, Clare, Ill.; Mrs. Fred Schmitz, Detroit; Mrs. Tressia O'Donnell, Ionia; Mrs. C.B. Ross, Detroit and Thomas and Michael Kowalski, Ionia. She leaves five grandchildren; Thomas and Hugh O'Donnell, Ionia. Rosemary, Jean and Alice Joyce Schmitz, Detroit. She was a member of SS. Peter and Paul church, and affiliated with the east end guild. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kowalski33049nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb