Individual Details

Ethel Josephine McMillan

(12 Apr 1870 - 11 Feb 1964)

Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday, February 12, 1964, Page 19, Cols. 1 & 2: Mrs. Ethel J. Bower, 93, of 4525 Randolph road, died yesterday at her home. She was born in Jacksonville, Ill., and had lived in Kansas City 61 years. She was a member of the Linwood Methodist church 60 years. She was a member of P. E. O. 60 years. She leaves a daughter, Miss Sarah C. Bower of the home, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Margaret Barnes, also of the home. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Thursday at the Newcomer chapel in North Kansas City. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. Pallbearers will be Robert B. Bower, Richard C. Bower, Frank E. Barnes, Harry C. Barnes, Kenneth E. Johnson, and James D. Peeler.


Events

Residence1870Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Illinois
Birth12 Apr 1870Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Illinois
Residence1880Locust Grove, Fremont Co., Iowa
Marriage15 Nov 1906Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri - Frank Attrill Bower
Residence1910Kansas Ward 14, Jackson Co., Missouri
Residence1920Kansas City Ward 14, Jackson Co., Missouri
Residence1930Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri
Death11 Feb 1964Kansas City, Clay Co., Missouri
FamilyEthyl was Alva's younger sister. When Alva died, Margaret was 7 and Joe 5. Ethyl took responsibility for their upbringing and became "Mama" to them as well as Sarah.
BurialForest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseFrank Attrill Bower (1871 - 1928)
ChildSarah Chaplin Bower (1907 - 2003)
FatherWilliam Gallher McMillan (1837 - 1910)
MotherMargaret Elizabeth Morrison (1840 - 1929)
SiblingHarry Allen "Hamel" McMillan (1868 - 1939)
SiblingSarah Alvira McMillan (1871 - 1905)
SiblingElizabeth Gillham "Bessie" McMillan (1874 - 1960)
SiblingFrederick Charles McMillan (1881 - 1953)

Endnotes

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

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

3. Obituary of Ethel J. McMillan Bower, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday, February 12, 1964, Page 19, Cols. 1 & 2.

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. Jackson County Missouri Recorder of Deeds.

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 Ethel J. McMillan Bower, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday, February 12, 1964, Page 19, Cols. 1 & 2.

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

13. Find A Grave.