OBIT: Kate (Hoblitzell) BOWMAN, 1914, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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Bowman, Kate Hoblitzell

THREE PROMINENT PEOPLE ARE CALLED BY DEATH - The Grim Reaper Has Been Unusually 
Active in Meyersdale the Past Week - Those Who were Called Were Well and 
Favorably Known. 

Mrs. Kate Hoblitzell Bowman a member of one of Meyersdale's best known families 
passed away on Monday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock after suffering with impaired 
health and general failing for several years. She was a daughter of the late J. 
J. Hoblitzell, and a widow of Dr. Jacob Z. Bowman. She was married to Dr. Bowman 
on July 9, 1889, and about five weeks after, while on their bridal tour, Dr. 
Bowman took sick and died. This affliction occurred nearly twenty-five years 
ago. Mrs. Bowman was born in Addison, Pa. Most of her early life was spent in 
Frostburg, Md. Since 1881, the family has resided in Meyersdale, and has been 
one of the best known and most prominent families for a generation. Mrs. Bowman 
is survived by the following brothers and sisters: W. T., J. R., and Frank W. 
Hoblitzell of Meyersdale, Mrs. W. S. Ravenscroft of Ridgeway, Pa., Mrs. Kennedy 
Price of Meyersdale, and Mrs. Hugh Ross of Woodbine, Pa. From her early years, 
Mrs. Bowman had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The funeral 
services will be held at the residence of Mrs. Price, she having been a member 
of her family since July 1, 1913, this (Thursday) afternoon at 4:00 o'clock. 
Rev. G. A. Neeld, her pastor, assisted by Rev. Dr. Truxal will conduct the 
services. Interment will be in the Union Cemetery. The following out of town 
relatives and friends attended the funeral: Dr. John C. Bowman, Lancaster; Mr. 
and Mrs. Hugh Ross, Woodbine, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. James H. Price, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 
McCleland, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cramer, Uniontown; Mrs. G. M. Hoblitzell, L. C. 
Colborn, and Miss Colborn, of Somerset; Harry Horton Smith, West Hickory, Pa.; 
Mrs. S. A. Kendall, Washington, D. C.; George Wilson, Miss Wilson, and Mrs. John 
Taylor, of Frostburg, Md., and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Shaffer of Berlin.

Meyersdale Commercial, Feb. 26, 1914