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Surnames: Cowan, Moser, Kline, Zimmerman, Rider, Cummings
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Friday, March 29, 1931
Funeral to be Held Sunday - Services for William J. Cowan, 65, to be Held at Pleasant
Mills
Funeral services for William J. Cowan, 65, former Decatur man, will be held Sunday
afternoon at the residence, 1211 Orchard street, Fort Wayne at 12:30 o'clock, and at
the Pleasant Mills Baptist church at two o'clock.
Mr. Cowan died at the St. Josep's Hospital at Fort Wayne, Thursday morning at
three o'clock of complications which resulted from an accident 12 days ago in which he
suffered a fracture of the right leg when struck by a truck. The deceased lived with his
son Russell and was employed at the American Cable Corporation plant in Ft. Wayne for the
past 15 years.
Surviving are the wife, Mattie; the son, Russell of Fort Wayne; three daughters, Mrs.
Alta Moser and Mrs. Emma Kline, both of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Ada Zimmerman of Elkhart; a
sister, Mrs. William Rider of Monroeville; a half-sister, Mrs. Lavine Cummings of Sheldon,
Mo., and 10 grandchildren.