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Alice Deischer

Female 1889 - 1976  (87 years)


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  • Name Alice Deischer 
    Born 1 Feb 1889  Monitcello, Jones Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Sep 1976  Monticello, Jones, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 20 Sep 1976  Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Jones Co, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I2174  Decker Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2019 

    Father John A. Deischer,   b. 1861,   d. 1935  (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nellie Hanks Noble,   b. 1862,   d. 1957  (Age 95 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F767  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert James Howie,   b. 1890,   d. 1 Nov 1934  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1916  Monticello, Jones, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ruth E. Howie,   b. 1917,   d. 2010  (Age 93 years)  [natural]
     2. Robert James Howie,   b. 1919,   d. 1933  (Age 14 years)  [natural]
     3. Kenneth Dale Howie,   b. 3 Oct 1920, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1997, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [natural]
     4. Donald Lavern Howie, MD,   b. 3 Jun 1924,   d. 21 Mar 2002  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     5. Janet Howie,   d. Bef May 2015  [natural]
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Monticello Express, September 23, 1976, page 14, columns 4 - 5

      ALICE HOWIE

      MONTICELLO - The funeral of Alice D. Howie, 87, was held Monday morning, Sept. 20, at First Presbyterian church with interment in Oakwood cemetery Monticello. Rev. W. Willis Longer officiated.

      Mrs. Howie died suddenly of an apparent heat [s/b heart?] attack at her home in Monticello Friday afternoon, Sept. 17.

      She was born near Monticello Feb. 1, 1889, the daughter of John A. and Nellie Noble Deischer.

      She received her early education in the Jones county schools. A graduate of Monticello high school, she received a degree from Coe college, Cedar Rapids, and taught in Iowa schools.

      On April 5, 1916, she married Robert J. Howie in Monticello. The couple farmed near Monticello. After the accidental death of her husband Nov. 1, 1934, she remained on the Howie farm for a few years before returning to the teaching vocation in 1944 and retiring in 1960. Since then she had made her home in Monticello.

      Mrs. Howie was a member of Schreiner chapter, OES, Pythian Sisters, Monticello Garden club, Idle Not club, and the League of Women Voters.

      Surviving are 4 children: Mrs. John (Ruth) D. Morris of Columbus, Jct., Kenneth D. and Mrs. Janet Motsinger of Monticello and Col. Donald E. of Rockville, Md.

      Also surviving are 8 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and 2 sisters, Mrs. Lucille Jackson, Columbus, Mo., and Mrs. Harland (Blanche) Harper, Vinton.

      Her husband, a son, Robert, a granddaughter, two brothers and a sister preceded her in death.

      Casket bearers were James McLaughlin, Clarence Eberhart, James Eichhorn, Orvin Yeoman, Claude Appleby, Lyle Hosford, Ben Eiben and Paul Black.

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Obituary.