Rites Held For Mrs. Mary Lowe

Mrs. William H. Lowe, a resident of Herman for 28 years, was buried in the Herman cemetery Tuesday afternoon, December 22nd.

Although most of her life had been spent in the Herman vicinity, she was residing at Salem, Oregon at the time of her death.

Mary Alice Packwood, eldest daughter of Samuel and Emma Packwood, was born in Pottawatamie County, Iowa, on April 20, 1877. She was baptized in the Christian church.

Early in life she moved to Lyons, Nebr., with her parents. At Lyons, on March 28, 1900, she was united in marriage to William M. Lowe of Herman. A Nebraska resident at Herman and at Newcastle until 1936 she moved with her family to California and to Oregon in 1939. She was a resident at Newcastle for eight years and at Herman for 28 years.

After a lingering illness, she passed away on December 16, 1948, in Salem, Oregon at the age of 71 years, 7 months and 27 days.

She is survived by her husband William; four sons: Roland of Eugene, Oregon; Louis of Klamath Falls, Oregon; Donald of California; and Delmar of Coos Bay, Oregon; two daughters: Mrs. Murrell Hartley of Klamath Falls and Mrs. Wilma Kastl of Herman: two brothers: Samuel of Newcastle, Nebraska and Cleo of Oakland, Nebraska: three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Davison of Beatrice, Nebraska; Mrs. Maude Bentley of Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Rose Harsch of Omaha; eighteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.

She was a devoted wife and mother and had the welfare of her family at heart.

The funeral was held at the Baptist Church in Herman, Tuesday at 2 o’clock. Burial was in the Herman cemetery. The pallbearers were nephews of Mrs. Lowe. They were Gordon Lowe, A. H. Lowe, Stanley Lowe, Wilbur Lowe, Delos Bentley, Omaha, and Douglas Carter of Blair.

The music was furnished by Mrs. Claude Yowell and Mrs. Arthur Morrow.

OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE AT FUNERAL

Out of town guests at the funeral of Mrs. Will Lowe of Herman were Messers and Mesdames Clio Tackwood of Oakland, Nebraska, Albert Harsch of Omaha, John Corbin of Craig, Carol Lowe of Ralston, Nebraska, John Lowe of Waterloo, Iowa, and Mrs. Wilbur Lowe of Blair, Mrs. Henry baker of Blair, Mrs. Maude Bentley of Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Ellen Davison of Beatrice, Nebraska, Mrs. Sanford Wilson of Omaha, Mrs. Orville Uehling of Uehling, Mrs. Robert Hancock of Blair, Mrs. Minerva Carter and Douglas of Blair, Mrs. Roy Andersen of Blair, and Mrs. Claude Clements of Decatur, Mrs. Samuel Tackwood of Newcastle, Nebraska, Mr. Deloff Bentley and Miss Helen Bentley of (rest missing)

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~