Individual Details

Minnie Sutliff

(26 Aug 1865 - 29 May 1953)

Oak Park Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, Thursday, June 4, 1953, Page 50, Col. 4: Mrs. Minnie Magowan Dies Here at 87. Mrs. Minnie S. Magowan, 87, of 562 Keystone, resident of the village for almost 30 years, died Friday morning, May 29. The daughter of Harvey S. Sutcliff* and Carolyn Langdon Sutcliff*, Iowa pioneers. Mrs. Magowan was born August 26, 1865, in a log cabin in Cedar Township, Johnson County, Iowa. She was married on July 13, 1887, to Professor Charles S. Magowan, who preceded her in death in 1907. Coming to Oak Park in 1925, Mrs. Magowan was, until her health failed, active in Infant Welfare and in the Women's Circle of Pilgrim Congregational church. Her membership in PEO covered a period of 64 years. During her residence in Illinois she was a member of Chapter BI. She is survived by one son, Donald, of Springfield, and three daughters---Miss Florence and Miss Jeannette Magowan, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Ruth M. Kirkpatrick of Cedar Falls, Iowa, as well as two grandson, Kenneth and Donald Magowan, and two granddaughters, Marilyn Magowan and Mary Ann Kirkpatrick. Services on Sunday afternoon were conducted from Postlewait's chapel by the Rev. Fred Hoskins, with burial in Oakland cemetery at Iowa City, Iowa, where Dr. L. L> Dunnington officiated.

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Events

Birth26 Aug 1865Cedar Township, Johnson Co., Iowa
Residence1870Cedar City, Johnson Co., Iowa
Residence1880Cedar City, Johnson Co., Iowa
Marriage13 Jul 1887Johnson Co., Iowa - Charles Scott Magowan
Residence1900Iowa City, Johnson Co., Iowa
Residence1910Iowa City Ward 5, Johnson Co., Iowa
Residence1920Iowa City Ward 4, Johnson Co., Iowa
Residence1930Oak Park, Cook Co., Illinois
Death29 May 1953Oak Park, Cook Co., Illinois
BurialOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseCharles Scott Magowan (1858 - 1907)
ChildRuth Magowan (1890 - 1979)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Obituary of Minnie Sutcliff Magowan, Oak Park Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, Thursday, June 4, 1953, Page 50, Col. 4.

3. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Obituary of Minnie Sutcliff Magowan, Oak Park Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, Thursday, June 4, 1953, Page 50, Col. 4.

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

11. Obituary of Minnie Sutcliff Magowan, Oak Park Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, Thursday, June 4, 1953, Page 50, Col. 4.

12. Obituary of Minnie Sutcliff Magowan, Oak Park Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, Thursday, June 4, 1953, Page 50, Col. 4.