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McDowell, Louemma

McDowell, Louemma

Female 1888 - 1967  (79 years)


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  • Name McDowell, Louemma 
    Birth 22 Mar 1888  Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number MCDO.L007 
    _FGRAVE 23795806 
    Funeral Summers-Rainey Funeral Home, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 17 Aug 1967  Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    • Mrs. Louemma Michels, 79, of Calhoun, passed away early this morning at the Richland Memorial Hospital after a long period of illness.
    Burial 19 Aug 1967  Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Headstone, Michels, LouEmma and Charles R.
    Headstone, Michels, LouEmma and Charles R.


    Contributed by Jim and Kathy Michels


    Headstone, Michels, Louemma and Charles R.
    Headstone, Michels, Louemma and Charles R.
    Person ID I1568  Carl Wayne Gray Research | McDowell - Maglone

    John William 'Will' McDowell and Margaret Maglone Descendants, Patterson - Nash

    John William 'Splitfoot' Patterson and Elizabeth G. 'Eliza' 'Betsy' Nash Descendants
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2021 

    Father McDowell, Warren Edmond 'Ed',   b. 14 Jun 1859, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1920, Noble, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Patterson, Louvina 'Vine',   b. 14 Nov 1858, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1910, Noble, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1882  Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Family ID F414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Michels, Charles Rolland 'Charley',   b. 19 Jul 1879, Jasper County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1951, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1906  Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Children 
    +1. Michels, William 'Bert',   b. 25 Jul 1907, Noble, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1980, Lawrence County Memorial Hospital, Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    >2. Michels, Tressie Aline,   b. 7 Jan 1910, Noble, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 2001, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +3. Michels, Henry Edmund Myrl 'Moon',   b. 16 Dec 1911, Fornfelt, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1989, Richland, Rush County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +4. Michels, Dorothy Charline 'Dot',   b. 30 Sep 1913, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 2009, Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    +5. Michels, Joseph Harry 'Joe',   b. 4 Aug 1915, Marion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 2008, Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F1212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Mar 1888 - Richland County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jul 1906 - Richland County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Aug 1967 - Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 19 Aug 1967 - Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Clay City Grade School, School Year 1936-1937, 1st and Second Grade

    Front row: Leona Gray, Donna Bufkin, Bernice Yauch, Gracie McDowell, unknown, Jo Ann Striegei, Loretta Pettyjohn, Patsy Hiser, Wilma Stanford, ? Mayhill, Betty Bradley, Mary Lou Whisnand.

    Back row: Amy Dean-teacher, Elinor Heninger, Johnny Diller, Harold Bricker, Jack Hunley, Glen Scammahorn, Norman Moseley, unknown, Jim Bokenkamp, Donald Ray…

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Louemma Michels, 79, of Calhoun, passed away early this morning at the Richland Memorial Hospital after a long period of illness.

      She was born on March 22, 1888, near Noble, daughter of W. E. and Lavina Patterson McDowell. She was married July 25, 1906, to Charles R. Michels, who passed away on December 10, 1951.

      She had made her home in the Calhoun neighborhood for the past 28 years and prior to that, lived in Olney for many years.

      She was a member of the Calhoun Methodist church.

      She is survived by two daughters and three sons. They are Mrs. Dorothy Wilkerson of Calhoun, Mrs. Tressie Scott of St. Louis, Myrl and Joe Michels of Calhoun, and Bert Michels of Olney. A brother, Than McDowell of Calhoun, and a sister, Mrs. Zadie Fulk of Olney, also survive. Ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren survive.

      Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel of the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home with Rev. Leland Hooper of Clay City in charge. Burial will be at Haven Hill cemetery. I Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday.

      Obit from an Olney, IL area newspaper

  • Sources 
    1. [S1123] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Michels, Louemma and Charles R., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23795806/louemma-michels), none. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S639] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, Noble (Township), Richland County, Illinois, District 0124, image 13, page 7a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7602/4113797_00669?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd) (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S1124] Jim & Kathy Michels, e-mail to Carl W. Gray, "Emailing: Charles1", 16 Feb 2009, 7:58 pm, (e-mail to Carl W. Gray, "Emailing: Charles1", 16 Feb 2009, 7:58 pm), none.

    4. [S1125] Joyce D. Wafford, Descendants of Charles Rollin "Charley" Michels, (Joyce D. Wafford, sent to Carl Wayne Gray, 23 January 2009), none. (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S187] Ancestry.com, 1910 Federal Census, Noble, Richland County, Illinois, District 0163, Page 12b, (http://www.ancestry.com) (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S637] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, McDowell, W. E. and Louvina, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25164944/warren-edmond-mcdowell), none. (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S14380] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900, Marriage Index, McDowell, Warren E. and Wilkson, Lavina, Volume 003, Page 0070, License #00000102, (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriageSearch.do) (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S14404] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900, Marriage Index, Michels, Charley R. and McDowell, Lou, Volume 003, License #00000086, (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriageSearch.do) (Reliability: 2).