Individual Details

Frances Elaine CLARK

(15 Jan 1897 - 13 Dec 1984)

Obituary obtained from K. Don Thompson, name of paper not noted oncopy.
Frances E. McDowell
Jan. 15, 1897 - Dec. 13, 1984
Funeral services for Frances Elaine McDowell, 460 Grand Ave., will be10 a.m. Saturday at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary chapel. The Rev. KeithHudiburgh will officiate. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturdayat Delta City Cemetery.
Mrs. McDowell, a homemaker, died Thursday morning at HilltopRehabilitation Hospital after a short illness. She was 87.
She was born Frances Elaine Clark Jan. 15, 1897, at Randolph, Neb. Shespent her childhood and received her education in Nebraska.
She married Herbert Kern McDowell Nov. 24, 1915, at Bloomfield, Neb.Mr. McDowell died Aug. 3, 1971, in Montrose.
Mrs. McDowell lived in Brandon from 1922 to 1947, when she moved toDelta. She moved to Grand Junction in 1978.
She enjoyed playing the piano, cooking, work and travel. She was amember of the First United Methodist Church of Delta, Rebekah Lodge,Senior Citizens of Delta and several sewing clubs.
Survivors include two daughters, Margarete E. Copeland of Lakewood andPhyllis J. Tinsley of Grand Junction; 10 grandchildren; 17great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. One sonpreceded her in death.

Events

Birth15 Jan 1897Randolph, NE
Marriage24 Nov 1915Bloomfield, Knox Co., Nebraska - Herbert Kern MCDOWELL
ResidenceBet 1922 and 1947Brandon, CO
ResidenceBet 1947 and 1978Delta, Delta Co., Colorado
Residence1978Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado
Death13 Dec 1984Colorado
BurialAft 13 Dec 1984Delta City Cemetery, Delta, Delta Co., Colorado
Reference No3025

Families

SpouseHerbert Kern MCDOWELL (1895 - 1971)
ChildJohn Weldon MCDOWELL (1916 - 1984)
ChildMargarete Elaine MCDOWELL ( - )
ChildPhyllis J. MCDOWELL (1920 - 2008)

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