OBIT: Sarah (SNIVELY) BOWERS, 1917, Martinsburg, Blair County, PA

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MRS. SARAH SNIVELY BOWERS

  Mrs. Sarah Snively Bowers died at 8:45 o'clock yesterday morning at 
the home of her son, W. Albert Bowers, of Martinsburg, of diseases 
incident to old age.  She was aged 85 years and was born at Snively's 
Mills, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Snively.  She was married 
September 6, 1849, to Henry Hunt Bowers, who died a number of years 
ago.  In addition to the son at whose home she died, she is survived by 
the following children: Mrs. May Lessel, of Omaha, Neb.; G. D. Bowers, 
of Missouri; Frank, of East Freedom; John, of Altoona; C. J., of 
Seattle, Wash.; Samuel, of St. Louis, Mo.; and Luther, of Arkansas.  
One sister, Mrs. Jacob Higgins, of Henrietta, also survives.  Mrs. 
Bowers was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church, of this city.  
Funeral services will be conducted at the home at 10:30 o'clock 
Saturday morning, in charge of the Rev. Charles F. Ulrich, pastor of 
the local church, assisted by the Rev. J. I. Hall, pastor of the 
Brethren church, of Martinsburg.  Interment will be made in the Spring 
Hope cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, February 1, 1917