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Margaret Watts Sowers

Birth	:	13 Oct 1872 Afton, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
Death	:	14 Aug 1936 Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0301208, -93.6061249
Plot	:	Forest Lawn Section, Row 10, Plot 26
Description	:	Daughter of John Watts and Alice E. Cook. Mrs. Sowers Rites Will Be Held Thurs. Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Sowers, 64, who died at her home at 826 Eighth street Tuesday, will be held from the Adams chapel at 2 p.m., Thursday, with Dr. J. O. Simon of Nevada, a friend of the family, in charge. Burial will be in the Ames cemetery. Mrs. Margaret Watts Sowers was born in Afton, Wis., Oct. 12, 1872, but moved with her parents to Ames when four years old. Her father, John Watts, published the Ames Intelligencer for... Read More	Daughter of John Watts and Alice E. Cook. Mrs. Sowers Rites Will Be Held Thurs. Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Sowers, 64, who died at her home at 826 Eighth street Tuesday, will be held from the Adams chapel at 2 p.m., Thursday, with Dr. J. O. Simon of Nevada, a friend of the family, in charge. Burial will be in the Ames cemetery. Mrs. Margaret Watts Sowers was born in Afton, Wis., Oct. 12, 1872, but moved with her parents to Ames when four years old. Her father, John Watts, published the Ames Intelligencer for a number of years, and afterwards became editor of the Des Moines Leader. Mrs. Sowers was graduated from the West Des Moines high school and taught in the kindergarten of the Olive McHenry school in Des Moines. She taught in the elementary grades at Ida Grove for a short time and then returned to Ames, where she taught for 27 years. She was principal of Beardshear school for several years. Active in civic affairs, she was a member of the Ames Woman's club and the Book and Basket club and had served as a member of the city library board. Surviving are her husband, E. E, Sowers, one son, Frank of Chicago, four sisters, Mrs. Frank Schleiter of Ames, Mrs. O. L. Leefers of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. M. H. Federson of Des Moines and Mrs. Fred Schreiber of New York city, two brothers, Andrew and William Watts of California. --probably from the Ames Tribune (date of death was 14 Aug 1936)

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Margaret Watts Sowers's memorial is located at: Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Story County, USA.
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Margaret Watts Sowers death on 14 Aug 1936 in Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.0301208
Longitude: -93.6061249

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Elmer Elwood Sowers

(1870 - 1952)

Siblings

Lydia Watts Schleiter

(1874 - 1971)

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Coordinate: 42.0301208, -93.6061249

2. First Christian Church Columbarium
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8. Collegiate Presbyterian Church Columbarium
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Coordinate: 42.1063740, -93.5614370

15. Walnut Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.9468994, -93.5903015

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Coordinate: 42.1135063, -93.6402512

17. Kelley Community Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.9496000, -93.6582000

18. Knoll Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0489006, -93.4869003

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Coordinate: 42.1222277, -93.5905220

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22. Evergreen Memory Gardens
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Coordinate: 42.0424995, -93.4682999

23. Lincoln Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.9235992, -93.6097031

24. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0233803, -93.4629364