The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-07-21
RITES FOR
MRS. BOWEN HELD
BURIAL WAS HELD At
VERNON CENTER :
NOTES OF THE VILLAGE
Social News and Personal Men
ton Collected By Free
Press Reporter

Vernon Center, July 1o.-lne re-
mains of the late Mrs. Harold BOW
en- were brought hera>for interment
in the Union cemetery Thursday
were held from tle Emmanuel
church at Mankato at 1880 O'Clock.
Many friends were at the cemetery
to pay their last respects to the
departed and to express their deep
est sympathy to the bereaved aus
band Many beautiful flowers GOV,
cred the mound and friends had
lined the grave with white muslin,
adorned with profusion OF sweet
peas and maidenlair ferns, making
the last resting place most beau
tiful. Myrtle Mathilde Bulow Boy
en- was born in Ada, Mimi, May "a,
1902. Her mother died when she
was nine months old. For three
years she lived VITA her grand
parents. At that time she came to
Mankato with her father Emil Blu
low and until seven years of age
lived with Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Krue-
ger, who cared for her as their own
child. Her father married and she
went home with him, living there
until aer marriage in November g.
husband in his work. For few
n,ophts at Mankato and at the time
of her death had been living at st.
Clair. She was baptized and con-
firmed in the Emmanuel Lutheran
church of Mankato. She was taken
suddenly ill on July 10. She was
brought to Emmanuel hospital at
three o'clock in the morning. The
doctors gave every promise of
speedy recovery, but by one OF those
sudden reverses of which no man
has control. she died at nine
o'clock the same day. at the age OF
20 years. month and 16 days. Rel
atives and friends will remember
her not as she lay in her last sleep,
but as she was in life blue eyed
and with a smile and that was hers
from infancy till her last moments.
Congressman Frank CIague, who
Just recently returned from his du-
ties at the National capitol, called
on a few friends here this week,
while attending to mis- various bust
ness affairs in this locality.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Halverson are
enjoying the comforts of modern
home, having during the past three
months remodeled and redecorated
their residence into an up to date
one. l.
II we do not lose our guess H.
q, E. Kraus will have one of the most
, modern, up to the minute residences
in the village by the first of Octo-
Der, when the work of remodeling
Is completed.
Miss Alice Miller of st. Paul, who
has been guest of the Misses
Ethel Mobiles in Ceresco and Mia
Rosenberger in the village since be-
fore the Fourth, left for Henderson
Thursday, where she will visit
friends for a few days before going
to ler home.
Mrs. Joan Robinson took the noon
II ain for Winnebago for an over the
week end visit with her sister, Mrs.
Roe and family.
Miss Julia Nelson has returned
from Gilmore, where she has been
visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. z. D1rdick and
Eleanor are up from Maynard, Iowa
visiting the formers parents. Mr..
and Mrs. M. B. Randall in tie vii
lage. From here they went to
THUR der to visit Mrs. Randall's
parents. ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Brown and
dat ghter Florence accomnanlea
formers mother and sister, Mrs.
Myrtle Johnson, left early this
morning via the auto route for Al
bert Lea for an over Sunday visit
at the George Brown home.
Mrs. Y. G. Armstrong entertained
at five o'clock luncheon Thursday
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Cornish in honor of Mrs.
Myrtle Brown Johnston who is nere
visiting relatives from Portland,
Ore, in company with her mother
Tor the first time in thirteen years.
The guests were all childnoods
friends of Mrs. Johnston and includ-
ed the Misses May Robinson and
Louise Award and Mesdames Helen
Brown, Alice Cooper, Katherine
Kraus, Ruth Beland,, Hattie Wash
Lulu Austin and the mother Mrs.
H. L. Brown. Mrs. Armstrong was
assisted in entertaining by Mrs E.
S. Oleson of Amboy.
Mrs Goodell, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Marion Louer
for few weeks, leaves for her
home in South Dakota this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Rev and their
two daughters Louis and Grace VIII
strike the trail early Sunday morn
ing on motor trip vacation, which
tas. They will Z be gone several
weeks.
Rev. H. P. Jank and family are
nicely settled in their new home in
the Lutheran parsonage, which has
been remodeied and redecorated.
Jank has for the past several years
been serving several parishes in
the vicinity of Yellow Medicine
county, where he did most splendid
work. Mr. Jank and family are
most cordially welcome, not only
by his parish, but the community in
general.
Miss Eva Nelson, who is ENJOYING
two months vacation from her
duties as bookkeeper in the Col.
man. South Dakota hank is in town,
visiting her father and sisters in
North Vernon and other relatives
and friends in the village. The last
half of her vacation viii be spent
with her two married sisters at
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. E. Cooper and
daughter Miss Gladys were in Man
kato yesterday. Mr.. Cooper attend
ed to business matters. the ladies
doing shopping. -