Mary Bower

1849 - 1944  (95 years)

• Name	Mary Bower
  Born	2 Apr 1849	Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Apr 1944	Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
  Buried	Little Sioux Township Cemetery, Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I60731	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Thomas Bower
  Mother	Elizabeth Unknown
  Family ID	F27768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward Yockey,   b. 16 May 1841, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1919, Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	9 Aug 1868	Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Yockey,   b. 0Dec 1871, Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. USA   2. Arletta Theresa Yockey,   b. 17 Oct 1872, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1949, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. Lura Gertrude Yockey,   b. 21 Mar 1875, Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 26 Feb 1965, San Juan, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA  (Age 89 years)   4. Edna Charlotte Yockey,   b. 6 Aug 1877, Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 1941, Iowa, USA  (Age 63 years)   5. Clara Yockey,   b. 1879, Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA   6. Clarence Donald Yockey,   b. 4 Nov 1880, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 11 Sep 1959, Grant, Washington County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 78 years)   7. Thomas Yockey,   b. Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA   8. Fred Herman Yockey,   b. 25 Jul 1886, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 0Mar 1971, Anthon, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F25163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S359] Iowa Cemetery Records. [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Mary Smith (I60731)Tree: Südpfalz / Southern PalatinateLink: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I60731&tree=SuedpfalzDescription: Newspaper clipping photo image found on ancestry.com without date or newspaper attribution presumably it was the Smithland, Iowa paper:Mrs. Mary YockeyMary Bower, the oldest of seven children of Thomas and Elizabeth Bower, was born April 2, 1849 at Lockport, N.Y., and died at her home Saturday morning, April 8, 1944.In 1856 she came West with her parents in a covered wagon, settling on a farm near Smithland. She attended the first public school that was established in Woodbury county at Smithland.On August 9, 1868, she was untied in marriage with Edward Yockey, a Civil War veteran. They made their home in Smithland where she resided at the time of her death. Seven children were born to them, two preceding her in death, a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth DeFresna. Mr. Yockey died February 20, 1919.Mrs. Yockey was a charter member of Evergreen chapter No. 251, Order of the Eastern Star and of the local Cemetery Society. She was well known and highly esteemed by all who knew her. She not only thought of the everyday affairs of life but also of the future. She selected John 14:1-5 as the Scripture passage to be read at her memorial service.Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Arletta Gilbert, Los Angeles, Mrs. Lura Parlier, Edinburg, Texas, and Mrs. Edna Rahn of Anthon; two sons, Clarence, Wendell, Minn., and Fred of Smithland; a brother, Fred Bower of Holstein; six grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren.Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Methodist church, the Rev. A. J. Barkley, pastor, officiating. Misses Ellen Jensen and Jon Steinhoff, accompanied by Miss Gertrude Bale at the piano, sang the hymns, which had been selected by the deceased. Pallbearers were Chas. A. Smith, W. M. McDonald, Donald Bennett, Russell Hall, A. G. Stratton and Ralph C. Smith. Interment was in the Smithland cemetery under the direction of the Willman Funeral Home of Rodney.Lynne Moffitt Lynne Moffitt