The Rochester Sentinel 1970 - Fulton County Public Library

Saturday, December 26, 1970
Harold E. Bowell
Harold E BOWELL, 57, Bellmawr, N.J., died at 12:53 a.m. Friday in Parkview hospital
at Plymouth shortly after admission. He suffered a heart attack at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Eloyse BOWELL of Argos, where he and his family were spending the Christmas holidays.
Born Nov. 18, 1913 in Argos, he was the son of Herbert H. and Eloyse YEARICK
BOWELL. He had lived in Bellmawr for 10 years, moving from Newark, O., where he had
moved from Argos in 1937. He was married to Evelyn WISE June 13, 1941 in Newark. She
survives. He graduated in 1932 from Argos high school and was employed as a chief dispatcher
for the Service Motor Freight Lines in the Camden, N.J. area. He was an Air Force veteran of
World War II.
Surviving with the wife are a son, Richard [BOWELL], of New Jersey; a daughter, Mrs.
Ronald KING, of Knox; four grandchildren; the mother; three sisters, Mrs. Rome ZINK and Mrs.
Lowell RITTER, both of Argos, and Mrs. Herrold HENDERSON, West Covina, Cal., and a
brother, Herbert G. “Bud” BOWELL, Argos.
Final rites will be in the Grossman funeral home at Argos at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev.
Robert HANSEN officiating. Burial will be in the Argos Maple Grove cemetery. Friends may
call after 7 p.m. today.
Russell D. Shearer
Russell D. SHEARER, 72, Argos, died at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at his home after a sixweek
illness.
Born Aug. 21, 1898 in Huntington county, he was the son of Parker and Lavina
TRASTER SHEARER. He had lived in Argos for six years, moving there from Plymouth. He
was married to Olive WEBSTER March 16, 1920 in Plymouth. She survives. He was a retired
salesman and mechanic for the Plymouth Farm Bureau implement company. He was a member of
the Plymouth Church of the Brethren.
Surviving with the wife are three daughters, Mrs. Lester THOMAS, Plymouth; Mrs.
Robert DORAN, Parma, O., and Mrs. David SHEETZ, Argos; a son, Dewey [SHEARER], of
Marion; seventeen grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Last rites will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Plymouth Church of the Brethren with the
Rev. E. Stanley SMITH officiating. Burial will be in the Plymouth New Oak Hill cemetery.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today until 9 p.m. Sunday at the Grossman funeral home in Argos
and at the church for one hour before services. The family requests memorials be made to the
Plymouth Church of the Brethren or the Cancer Society.
Clarence Nelson
Word was received today of the death in his home of Clarence NELSON, Seaside, Ore., a
former Rochester resident. Mr. Nelson, 82, died Dec. 17.
Surviving are the wife, Hazel [NELSON]; two daughters, Mrs. Don (Maxine) HOLT,
Seaside, and Mrs. Robert (Mabel) RAMSEY, Elkhart, and a sister, Mrs. Wilbur (Mary)
STONESTREET, Garrett. A son, Vern [NELSON], preceded in death.