SOWERS, I. Elmer
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, November 5, 1964
KINGMAN – Funeral services for I. E. (Elmer) Sowers, age 92, of Kingman, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Woodrow Funeral Home, Kingman. The Rev. Orval Sutton of Indianapolis officiated and burial was in the Kingman Fraternal Cemetery. Mr. Sowers died Thursday at …….. – jlr
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, October 31, 1964
KINGMAN – I. E. (Elmer) Sowers, 92, a retired contractor and lifetime resident of this community, died Thursday in the Britton Nursing Home at Rockville. He had been ill for several weeks. A native of east of Kingman, he was a son of William Andrew and Elizabeth Lindley Sowers and was born Oct. 24, 1872. He was married to Susan Ratcliff, who died June 1, 1951. Mr. Sowers operated for many years a plumbing and heating shop in Kingman. He was a member of the old Pleasant Grove Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Marie Browsher of near Tangier and Mrs. Eula Tower of Indianapolis, and two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Three brothers are deceased. Funeral services are announced for 2:30 p.m. (EST) Sunday at the Woodrow Funeral Home here, where friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday. Rev. Orval Sutton will be the minister, and interment will be in Kingman Fraternal Cemetery. – jlr
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1964
KINGMAN — Funeral services for I. E. (Elmer) Sowers, age 92, of Kingman, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Woodrow Funeral Home, Kingman. The Rev. Orval Sutton of Indianapolis officiated and burial was in the Kingman Fraternal Cemetery.
Mr. Sowers died Thursday at the Britton Nursing Home in Rockville. He was born Oct. 24, 1872, on a farm east of Kingman,
the son of William Andrew and Elizabeth Lidley Sowers. He was married to Susan Ratcliff, who preceded him in death in 1951.
He was a member of the Old Pleasant Grove Church. Mr. Sowers was a retired plumbing contractor.
Survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Marie Bowsher of Tangier and Mrs. Eula Tower of Indianapolis; two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.