Obit for COWELL, Charles L. (b.1886) Rice Co., MN
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              OBITUARY FOR CHARLES LESTER COWELL, HUSBAND OF 
                           PEARL ELIZABETH COWELL, RICE COUNTY
                                         CHARLES LESTER COWELL
"Passing away very unexpectedly as the result of coronary thrombosis was 
Charles L. Cowell, 400 E. Sixth St., at noon Thursday, Nov. 29, Mr. Cowell 
had been ill with inflammation of the veins the past month, receiving care at 
both Northfield Hospital and his home.  He seemed to be recovering very 
satisfactorily and hoped to go out of doors for a bit the day he died.  
The funeral was held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Bierman's funeral 
home.  Dr. Max Volkmann, minister of the Congregational-Baptist church, 
officiated.  Mrs. R. D. Harmer, sister-in-law of the deceased, sang "In the 
Garden," accompanied on the organ by Miss Isabel Howland.  Interment was in 
the Castle Rock cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers were Jim Hill, Sr., P. C. 
Records, J. C. Carlson, LaVerne Kleeberger, H. D. Grant, and Fred Wolf.  
Attending the funeral from a distance were Keath Cowell, son of the deceased, 
and his family from Lawrence, Kansas.  While Mr. Cowell left Sunday to resume 
his work at Lawrence, Mrs. Cowell and children plan to visit here several 
weeks.  Charles L. Cowell was born Feb. 1, 1886, at Castle Rock, the son of 
Thomas W. and Sarah Roach Cowell.  He was married Oct. 11, 1913 to Pearl E. 
Harmer.  Mr. Cowell farmed near Farmington until 1921 when he and his family 
moved to Northfield.  For a short time he was employed in the Rahmann Meat 
Market, but for many years he bought and trucked cattle to market.  During 
World War II, he employed for a time at the Gopher Ordnance Plant at 
Rosemount; later at the atomic energy plant at Richfield, Wash.  The past few 
years, he has been employed part time at the Quality grocery in Northfield.  
He is survived by his wife; his daughter, Mrs. Warren Closson (Beth) of 
Northfield; twin children, Mrs. Charles Borchert (Ardath) of White Bear and 
Keath of Lawrence, Kans.; five grandchildren, Ranah Closson, Keath and 
Candance Borchert, John and Rebecca Cowell.  There are also two sisters, Mrs. 
Arthur Batson of Farmington and Mrs. Doris Kimber of Northfield; three 
brothers, Arthur and John of Northfield, Robert of Mt. Vernon, Wash.  A 
sister, Mrs. Lulu Frame who lived in Northfield, and a brother Frank who 
lived in Crookston, preceded him in death."