The Davis Enterprise (CA)
December 19, 2005Eva Mae Stowell died peacefully in her El Macero home on Dec. 16, 2005, after a prolonged illness from stroke and Alzheimer's disease. Born on Jan. 23, 1922, she was 83 years old.
She was born in Roy, N.M., and lived in Tipton, Mo. She received her bachelor's degree in home economics from MacMurray College in 1944 and interned at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. At MacMurray College, she was elected president of her sophomore class and achieved honor status.
She married her husband, Dr. Robert E. Stowell, in 1945 and enjoyed traveling to many foreign countries. Upon moving to El Macero in 1967, she was active in the Yolo County Women's Medical Auxiliary, and was elected president in 1974-75.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Lee Phelps and Maxine Southerland.
She is survived by her husband; daughter, Susan of Davis; son, Rob and his wife Jean of Tahoe City; grandchildren, Dave Tambor of Folsom, and Ken and Lauren Martin of Roseville; and great-grandchildren, Christian and Catherine Martin of Roseville.
The Augusta Chronicle (GA)
February 9, 2000Mrs. Lois A. Beal Taylor, 92, died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000, at Doctors Hospital.
Mrs. Taylor, a native of Wabassa, Fla., was a homemaker.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Stone, Aiken; and three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Rocky Mountain News (CO)
October 19, 1996ELIZABETH S. RUTH, 94, of Chehalis, Wash., died Oct. 8.
Mrs. Ruth was born in Ohio on Sept. 8, 1902. She married George W. Ruth in 1925. She lived most of her married life in Denver, where she was a member of First Plymouth Congregational Church. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
Survivors include daughter Nancy McFarland of Utah; son James of Washington; five grandchildren; 13 grandchildren.
Hartford Courant
January 29, 1986Doreen (Smith) Fowler, 91, of New Britain Avenue, Hartford, wife of the late Allan W. Fowler, died Monday (Jan. 27, 1986) at Avery Heights, Hartford.
She was born March 3, 1894, in Superior, Qis., and had lived in Aimsbury prior to moving to Hartford.
She attended the University of Wisconsin. She was a 65 year member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood and also the Delta Delta Sorority.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs, Frederick (Betty) Amith of Simsbury and Mrs. Dorothy Griffith of Berkeley, Calif.; five grandchildren, Robert and Allan Griffith, Zela Griffith Clairborn, and Todd and Claudia Smith; and five great-grandchildren.
Rockton Herald
January 16, 1964Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Lloyd Meech, 79, who died last Saturday at his home in Harrison. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dean Lan, with burial being in Rockton cemetery.
Mr. Meech was born April 19, 1884, in Rockton township. He spent his entire life in this part of Winnebago county, residing most of the time on a farm in Harrison township. He was town clerk for 37 years, a former school treasurer for Shirland and Harrison, a director of Burritt Mutual Insurance Co., a prominent leader in the Grange organization of the county, and active in the Farm Bureau. He was a member of the Harrison Congregational church.
Surviving are his wife; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Pope of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Miss Frances Meech of Rockford.
Rockford Register Star
January 8, 1981MEECH - Mrs. Mary Maria Meech, 87, formerly of rural Harrison, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1981, in Amberwood Nursing Home, Rockford. Born Feb. 23, 1893, in rural Rockton, daughter of George Edwin and Elizabeth Bell Moffatt.
Married Lloyd Meech in Harrison Township, March 18, 1914.
She and her husband farmed in the Harrison area. Former member of Harrison Congregational Church where she was church organist. Charter member of Winnebago County Home Bureau and active in other community affairs.
Survivors include four nephews, Dwight Gleasman, Rockton, Roger Moffatt, Elgin, George Moffatt, in Florida, , and Byron Meech, Beloit, Wis.; and three nieces, Mrs. Keith (Evelyn) Burkitt, Falls Church, Va., Mrs. Ralph (Eva) Arnold, Beloit, Wis.;, and Mrs. Donald (Esther) Rumage, Rockton.
Predeceased by her husband, Lloyd, Jan. 11, 1964; a sister, Blanche Gleasman; and a brother, Fred, Moffatt.
Rockton Herald
January 26, 1967Miss Frances Robinson Meech, 78, of 1933 Huffman Blvd., Rockford, died Jan. 16, 1967 in Rockford Memorial hospital. She was a former Beloit Business woman. She had made her home in Rockford the past 15 years.
She was born Nov. 16, 1888 in Rockton township, the daughter of Samuel Byron and [Eva] Marsh Meech. She was a member of the Congregational church and the DAR.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ralph Pope of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two nieces, Mrs. Ralph Arnold, Mrs. Don Rumage; and one nephew, Byron Meech, all of Beloit, Wis. S
he was predeceased by her parents and two brothers, Ralph in 1953 and Lloyd in 1964, and brother-in-law, Ralph Pope in 1965.