Ora Etta Ingles (1884-1964)

Mrs. Etta Bowers, 80, of 620 South Lafayette Street, died suddenly at 6:15 p.m. Sunday at her residence. She had been in poor health for 2 years, but Sunday she suffered a heart attack or stroke. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Clugston Funeral Home in Macomb. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Gardens. The Rev. Richard M. Newhall will conduct the services. Mrs. Bowers was born July 30, 1884,, near Camden,the daughter of Allison and Maria Johnson Ingles. She was married to Lawrence L. Bowers on December 24, 1902. She was reared near Camden and moved to a farm near Ripley in 1906. In 1920, she moved to Macomb. Her husband died July 1, 1957. She was a member of the Macomb Methodist Church. She is survived by five children, Mrs. Hildreth Casey of Chicago, Lewis Bowers of Mendon, Mrs. Rubye Walraven of Industry, Mrs. Marjorie Brown of Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Ada Fawcett of Canton; 20 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; and a brother, Robert Ingles, of Quincy. Three brothers, Clifford, Whitney and Jessie, died previously. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:00 p.m. today. The family will meet friends from 7 - 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Dad would have been living on South Lafayette in 1964. I am not certain about him finding Grandma B. but I wonder if it was Margaret Neff who lived upstairs. She taught English at Macomb H.S. and lived in the upstairs apt. She might have called dad when she found her or maybe dad did look in on her. I do remember when we got the news that Grandpa B. had fallen off the roof of the barn that he was working on. My mom and dad were in Philadelphia at an National Education Association meeting. They drove home and it was so stressful for my mom that she really fell apart. I think the long drive home did it. They took pictures of grandpa because they thought she might need them later. I remember Ada saying that it was hard because mom had always been the study hand and it was hard to see her reaction. Thanks again for the information. Mary Jo Vance Johnson.

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