Individual Details
Myrtle Loretta SCHABARKER
(4 Aug 1895 - 22 Oct 1990)
1 Jan 1920, Hot Springs Twp., Madison Co., MT, ED 136 Sh 3A, family 77; Maurice McDowell, head, 25 (1895) born MT both parents born IA
Myrtle L. McDowell, wife, 24 (1896) born MT father born MN, mother born IL
Lloyd M. McDowell, son 3-4/12 (1917) born MT both parents born MT
Fay L. McDowell, son, 1-612 (1919) born MT both parents born MT.
1 Apr 1930, Madison Twp., Madison Co., MT, ED 14, Sh 9B;
Maurice H. McDowell, head, 35 (1894-95), 21 at first marriage, born MT both parents born IA, farmer, rents home
Myrtle L. McDowell, wife, 34 (1895-96), 20 at first marriage, born MT father born MN mother born IL
Lloyd M. McDowell, son, 14 (1915-16), born MT both parents born MT
Fay L. McDowell, son, 9 (1920-21), born MT both parents born MT
George J. McDowell, son, 4-?12, 1925-26, born MT both parents born MT. [Looks like 2/12, but is crossed out.]
1 Apr 1940, Madison Twp., Madison Co., MT, ED 29-13 Sh 12A;
Maurice McDowell, head, 45 (1894-95), born MT, completed 8th grade, lived same place in 1935, ditch walker - irrigation, he answered the questions
Myrtle L McDowell, wife, 44 (1895-96), born MT, completed 1 yr high school
Fay Lewis McDowell, son, 21 (1918-19), single, born MT, completed 2 yr high school, laborer - farm
George J McDowell, son, 14 (1925-26), born MT, completed 8th grade
Beverly E McDowell, daughter, 10 (1929-30), born MT, completed 3rd grade.
According to the bio, Myrtle was pianist for the community dances during the times when a hat was passed among the dancers for money to pay the musicians. She was a very loyal worker for the Welfare Club. She and an assistant located and marked correctly all the graves in the Meadow Creek Cemetery.
Obituary obtained from Donna Buell Williams, hand-written "10/24/90", no newspaper noted.
Myrtle McDowell, 95
Ennis - Funeral services for Myrtle McDowell, 95, of McAllister will be Thursday at 10 at the Rocky Mountain Baptist Church in Ennis, with the Rev. Dan Hayek officiating. Burial will be in Meadow Creek Cemetery in McAllister.
Mrs. McDowell died Monday at the Madison Valley Hospital in Ennis.
She was born Aug. 4, 1895, to George and Minnie (Buell) Schabarker at Meadow Creek near McAllister. She received her early education at the Meadow Creek school and attended high school in Bozeman.
She married Maurice McDowell Dec. 12, 1915, in the Methodist Church in McAllister.
She spent her entire life in the Madison Valley except for two years spent in Portland during World War II and two years in Helena, where she lived with her son and later in a nursing home there.
She had been a resident of the Madison County Nursing Home for many years.
Mrs. McDowell was a pianist for the community dances for many years, was a longtime member of the Welfare Club in McAllister serving in officer positions and was an active volunteer at Madison Valley Hospital in its formative years. She also worked for the Postal Service during the 1940s and was a rural mail carrier.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1972, and sons, Fay and Lloyd, in the early 1980s.
Survivors include son, George J. of Spokane; daughter, Beverly Kraussof Moscow, Idaho; brother, Ray Schabarker of Ennis; 11 grand-children; and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Madison County Nursing Home in Ennis.
K&L Mortuaries of Ennis is in charge."
Myrtle L. McDowell, wife, 24 (1896) born MT father born MN, mother born IL
Lloyd M. McDowell, son 3-4/12 (1917) born MT both parents born MT
Fay L. McDowell, son, 1-612 (1919) born MT both parents born MT.
1 Apr 1930, Madison Twp., Madison Co., MT, ED 14, Sh 9B;
Maurice H. McDowell, head, 35 (1894-95), 21 at first marriage, born MT both parents born IA, farmer, rents home
Myrtle L. McDowell, wife, 34 (1895-96), 20 at first marriage, born MT father born MN mother born IL
Lloyd M. McDowell, son, 14 (1915-16), born MT both parents born MT
Fay L. McDowell, son, 9 (1920-21), born MT both parents born MT
George J. McDowell, son, 4-?12, 1925-26, born MT both parents born MT. [Looks like 2/12, but is crossed out.]
1 Apr 1940, Madison Twp., Madison Co., MT, ED 29-13 Sh 12A;
Maurice McDowell, head, 45 (1894-95), born MT, completed 8th grade, lived same place in 1935, ditch walker - irrigation, he answered the questions
Myrtle L McDowell, wife, 44 (1895-96), born MT, completed 1 yr high school
Fay Lewis McDowell, son, 21 (1918-19), single, born MT, completed 2 yr high school, laborer - farm
George J McDowell, son, 14 (1925-26), born MT, completed 8th grade
Beverly E McDowell, daughter, 10 (1929-30), born MT, completed 3rd grade.
According to the bio, Myrtle was pianist for the community dances during the times when a hat was passed among the dancers for money to pay the musicians. She was a very loyal worker for the Welfare Club. She and an assistant located and marked correctly all the graves in the Meadow Creek Cemetery.
Obituary obtained from Donna Buell Williams, hand-written "10/24/90", no newspaper noted.
Myrtle McDowell, 95
Ennis - Funeral services for Myrtle McDowell, 95, of McAllister will be Thursday at 10 at the Rocky Mountain Baptist Church in Ennis, with the Rev. Dan Hayek officiating. Burial will be in Meadow Creek Cemetery in McAllister.
Mrs. McDowell died Monday at the Madison Valley Hospital in Ennis.
She was born Aug. 4, 1895, to George and Minnie (Buell) Schabarker at Meadow Creek near McAllister. She received her early education at the Meadow Creek school and attended high school in Bozeman.
She married Maurice McDowell Dec. 12, 1915, in the Methodist Church in McAllister.
She spent her entire life in the Madison Valley except for two years spent in Portland during World War II and two years in Helena, where she lived with her son and later in a nursing home there.
She had been a resident of the Madison County Nursing Home for many years.
Mrs. McDowell was a pianist for the community dances for many years, was a longtime member of the Welfare Club in McAllister serving in officer positions and was an active volunteer at Madison Valley Hospital in its formative years. She also worked for the Postal Service during the 1940s and was a rural mail carrier.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1972, and sons, Fay and Lloyd, in the early 1980s.
Survivors include son, George J. of Spokane; daughter, Beverly Kraussof Moscow, Idaho; brother, Ray Schabarker of Ennis; 11 grand-children; and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Madison County Nursing Home in Ennis.
K&L Mortuaries of Ennis is in charge."
Events
| Birth | 4 Aug 1895 | Meadow Creek, Madison Co., Montana |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Madison Co., MT, printed pg 280; Myrtle, daughter, born Aug 1895 in MT, father born MN mother born IL. | |||
| Marriage | 12 Dec 1915 | McAllister, Madison Co., Montana - Maurice Hewey MCDOWELL | | ||
| Census | 1 Jan 1920 | Hot Springs Twp., Madison Co., Montana | |||
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | North Meadow Creek, Madison Co., Montana | |||
| Census | 1 Apr 1940 | Madison Twp., Madison Co., Montana | |||
| Death | 22 Oct 1990 | Ennis, Madison Co., Montana | | ||
| Burial | 25 Oct 1990 | Meadow Creek Cemetery, McAllister, Madison Co., MT | |||
| Reference No | 3045 |
Families
| Spouse | Maurice Hewey MCDOWELL (1894 - 1972) |
| Child | Lloyd Maurice MCDOWELL (1916 - 1982) |
| Child | Fay Louis MCDOWELL (1918 - 1981) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | George SCHABARKER (1870 - 1909) |
| Mother | Minnie Helen BUELL (1873 - 1960) |
| Sibling | Fred Buell SCHABARKER (1896 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Marcia E. SCHABARKER (1902 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Raymond R. SCHABARKER (1904 - ) |
| Sibling | Thelma E. SCHABARKER (1907 - 1946) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index.
2. Obituary.
3. Obituary.
4. Social Security Death Index.
5. Montana Death Index at Ancestry.com.
6. Obituary.