Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Showerman, Myrtle September 26, 1961
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Lake O. Wave, Thurs. Oct. 5, 1961

Myrtle Showerman Died Last Tuesday

Miss Myrtle Showerman, 83, RN of Grand Rapids, passed away Tuesday morning at 
Blodgett Memorial hospital, after a short illness. She had been a resident of 
Grand Rapids for 25 years or more and had a long active life both in private and 
institutional nursing. She arrived as an army nurse during World War I and was 
stationed at Plattsburg N.Y. During an epidemic of black smallpox at the Lapeer 
Epileptic Home around 1910 she volunteered as a nurse there.

Miss Showerman was a member of the First Methodist church in Grand Rapids and 
the Carl D. Johnson Post no. 2, of the American Legion.

Surviving are three sisters Mrs. Ellen Collier of Sunfield, Mrs. Ruth Robinson 
of Hastings, and Mrs. Edna Burkle of Woodland, nieces and nephews. 

Miss Showerman reposes at the Mapes funeral home at Sunfield where funeral 
services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. with burial in the family lot in the 
Sebewa cemetery. 

Additional Comments:
Service; Sat. 30 Sept. 1961

WWI Army Nurse


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