Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Bowlby
Obituaries
Bowlby
The Shelbyville News
Tuesday, April 18, 1980
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BOWLBY
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Mary Elizabeth Bowlby, 69, R.R. [?] Shelbyville, died at 7:10 a.m. today at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove. She had been in failing health for two years and seriously ill for the past five weeks. Mrs. Bowlby was born in Shelby County March 30, 1911 to Edgar and Mary (Walker) Hodson, and married Carl Bowlby on Oct. 9, 1934 in Pendleton. He survives. Also surviving are three children: Charlie Bowlby and Mrs. Harry (Eul) Smith, both of Shelbyville, and Mrs. D. (Mary Helen) Buckley of Muncie, and eight grandchildren. One sister and one brother preceded in death.Tuesday, April 18, 1980
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BOWLBY
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Mrs. Bowlby formerly worked for the Stanley Jone Insurance Co. and was bookkeeper for Bowlby Oil Co. from 19[??] until she became ill. A lifelong resident of Shelby County, she was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church and the Tompson Community Club for years.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Ewing Mortuary. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Indianapolis News
Marion County, Indiana
Tuesday, May 9, 1937
Page 10
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CHURCH LEADER IN SHELBYVILLE DIES
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Mrs. Mary E. Bowlby, Age 72, Was Widow of Physician,
Mother of Librarian.
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SHELBYVILLE, Ind., March 9 (Spl.) -- Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary E. Bowlby, age seventy-two, prominent for many years in church and women's affairs here.
She died following a stroke of paralysis. She was a lifelong resident of the county and was the widow of Dr. Joseph Bowlby, physician, who died in 1906.Marion County, Indiana
Tuesday, May 9, 1937
Page 10
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CHURCH LEADER IN SHELBYVILLE DIES
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Mrs. Mary E. Bowlby, Age 72, Was Widow of Physician,
Mother of Librarian.
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Mrs. Bowlby is survived by two daughters, Miss Bertha Bowlby, city librarian, and Mrs. Bernice McLane, also of this city; a granddaughter, Miss Helen McLane, student at Stevens College, Columbia, Mo.; a sister, Mrs. Otto Billamn, of this city, and two brothers, Dr. J. E. Yarling, Peru, and William A. Yarling, of this city, former state senator. She was a member of the Prist Presbyterian church and the Order of Eastern Star.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
