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William Samuel Bower

Male 1896 - 1936  (40 years)


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  • Name William Samuel Bower 
    Born 27 Apr 1896 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Dec 1936  Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11759  Rossville
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2018 

    Father William Michigan Bower, Sr.,   b. 3 Mar 1856, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1938, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Octavia Van Laeys Bower,   b. Jan 1856, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1934  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Family ID F597  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Adeline Beseau Bower,   b. 5 May 1904,   d. 7 Mar 1994  (Age 89 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Clara Marie Bower Reser,   b. 27 Sep 1920, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1998, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Margaret L Bower Mongold,   b. 1923,   d. 1976  (Age 53 years)
     3. Robert C Bower,   b. 1932,   d. 1991  (Age 59 years)
    +4. Janet Louise Bower Reser,   b. 7 Jul 1936
     5. William Joseph Bower
     6. Bernard Bower
     7. Pauline R Bower Day
    Last Modified 24 May 2018 10:36:01 
    Family ID F2381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Dec 1936 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Bower, William S.
    Obituary- Bower, William S.
    William F. Bowers
    William F. Bowers, Jr., 40, World war veteran and resident of Silver Lake, died suddenly from a heart attack suffered at his home Tuesday. Bowers, who fought overseas with Battery A, of the 130th Field Artillery, was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic church at St. Marys, and of the American Legion.

    He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mae Bower, and nine children of the home; his father, William Bower, sr. of St. Marys; a brothers, C.J. Bower of St. Louis, Mo., and a sister, Mrs. S.E. Dalto of St. Louis, Mo.

    Funeral services were held today at 2:30 p.m. at St. Marys, with the American Legion in charge.

    [Incorrectly lists his name as William F. Bowers. Headstone indicates William Bower.]