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Eva Irene Arthur McDowell

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Birth	:	24 Nov 1926 Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	29 Apr 2022 Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Jackson Township Cemetery, Montezuma, Poweshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5824900, -92.5314400
Description	:	Eva Irene Arthur McDowell, 95, of Oskaloosa, formerly of Grinnell, died on April 29, 2022, at Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Graveside service and burial at Jackson Township Cemetery in Montezuma with Rev. Dr. Dondrea Walker, First Baptist Church in Marion, officiating, with honorary bearers Dennis Watson, Charles Watson, Robert Mitchell, and David Figland. Memorial contributions may be designated to Hospice Serenity House Donor Wall, Mahaska Health Foundation in Oskaloosa for a memorial plaque in her name. Eva was born on November 24, 1926, the daughter of Cecil Hobart Arthur and Pansy Blossom Gerard Arthur, on a... Read More	Eva Irene Arthur McDowell, 95, of Oskaloosa, formerly of Grinnell, died on April 29, 2022, at Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Graveside service and burial at Jackson Township Cemetery in Montezuma with Rev. Dr. Dondrea Walker, First Baptist Church in Marion, officiating, with honorary bearers Dennis Watson, Charles Watson, Robert Mitchell, and David Figland. Memorial contributions may be designated to Hospice Serenity House Donor Wall, Mahaska Health Foundation in Oskaloosa for a memorial plaque in her name. Eva was born on November 24, 1926, the daughter of Cecil Hobart Arthur and Pansy Blossom Gerard Arthur, on a farm between Lynnville and Searsboro. As a child, Eva was so bashful she wouldn't eat at the table if someone talked to her. She was a "tomboy" who loved to go fishing and hunting with her brothers. Eva graduated from Searsboro High School in May of 1944. She attended William Penn College in Oskaloosa and received her teaching certificate in October of 1946. Her first teaching position was at Pleasant Township, Ray Cleland School, teaching seven different grades. She taught there for two years making $35.00 a month. She then taught 3rd and 4th grades at Searsboro for 17 years, later substituting for the Lynnville-Sully School District, and with the After School Program in Grinnell. On the 3rd day of March, 1946, she married Roger Jack McDowell, at the Church of Christ in Montezuma and soon after Roger left for the service. The couple had two daughters, Penny Jo and Vicki Lynne. Eva was the Chairperson of the March of Dimes from 1946 until 1950; she has been a member of the Order of the Eastern Star for 73 years, currently belonging to the Central Chapter #57 in Marshalltown. She went through the chairs and was also Worthy Matron. Eva loved her family. She enjoyed embroidery, games, spending time with friends, gardening, hearing from her former students, and cooking. She was past president of the Searsboro Garden Club for four years and secretary for an additional four years. Eva worked for Margaret Arnold at her shoe store for a few years and was cleaning houses into her 80's. After retiring, she joined the Eagles Club in Grinnell and also the local grange near Rock Creek Lake. Surviving are two daughters, Penny Jo (Jerry) Veldhuizen and Vicki Lynne (Richard Barnes) Latcham; four granddaughters, Kelsey Veldhuizen, Nicole (Blake) Willard, Cassie Veldhuizen and Lacie Latcham; three great-grandchildren, Leo Johnson and Delilah and Korver Willard; and two sisters, Shirley Tice of Kellerton and Doris Lowry of Grinnell; and many friends and former students who continued to contact her up to the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Roger in 1981; her sisters, Margaret, Betty, and Aileen; her brothers, Kenneth, Robert, Keith, and Ward; and in-laws, Ollie and Velva Hull McDowell. Source: Smith Funeral Home, Grinnell, Iowa

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Eva Irene Arthur McDowell's memorial is located at: Jackson Township Cemetery, Montezuma, Poweshiek County, USA.
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Eva Irene Arthur McDowell death on 29 Apr 2022 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.5824900
Longitude: -92.5314400

Family Members:

Parent

Cecil Hobert Arthur

(1897 - 1986)

Pansy Blossom Gerard Arthur

(1901 - 1969)

Spouse

Roger Jack McDowell

(1928 - 1981)

Siblings

(1925 - 2020)

(1928 - 1968)

(1930 - 1978)

(1932 - 1990)

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