Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kowatch, Elizabeth 1953 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mransom311@gmail.com July 24, 2014, 4:32 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Friday, September 25, 1953 Mrs. Elizabeth Kowatch of 755 North Jefferson street, 66, died Thursday, Sept. 24, at 9:20 p.m. at the Ionia County Memorial hospital after being a patient there for nine days. She was born in Germany, June 17, 1887 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mahler. She was married to John Schneider in Germany in 1903 and came to Ionia in 1918 and lived here the past 35 years. Her husband died November 1927. She was married to Steve Kowatch in 1940. She was a member of the St. John’s Lutheran church and the Ladies Aid of the church. She is survived by her husband, Steve; three sons, Pete Schneider of Saginaw, Frank of Elkton, and William of Bay City; one son, Herbert, died at the age of twelve and one son, John, was killed in action in World War II; three grandchildren; two brothers, John Mahler of Bay City and Karl in Germany; one sister, Katherine in Germany. Funeral services will be from the St. John’s Lutheran church Monday Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Eric Cash officiating. Burial will be at Highland Park cemetery. The body will repose at the Boynton funeral home until Monday noon. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kowatch26190nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb