RITES HELD HERE FOR MRS. E. SHOWALTER

Funeral services  for Mrs. Elizabeth Showalter, mother  of 13 children
and  a longtime  resident  of the  Elma  community, were  held at  the
Immaculate Conception Catholic church  here Thursday morning, Dec. 20,
at 9:00  o'clock.  Mrs. Showalter  had passed away about  5:00 o'clock
the  afternoon of  Monday, Dec.  17, at  the Mercy  hospital  in Cedar
Rapids where  she had  made her  home for the  past seven  and on-half
years.   Her death  was caused  by the  complications incident  to her
advanced age of 84 years.

A son of the deceased,  Rev. Father Norbert Showalter of Reilly Ridge,
was celebrant of the solemn requiem high mass, assisted by Rev. Ronald
Axen,  a former  Elma priest  as  deacon, Rev.  Wm. Clark  of Ames  as
sub-deacon,  and  Rev.  P.  C.  Bodensteiner  of  Elma  as  master  of
ceremonies.  The  local pastor,  Rev. Edmund O'Donnell,  delivered the
sermon. Most Rev. H. P. Rohlman, archbishop of Dubuque, was present in
the  sanctuary, as  were Rev.  Lawrence Klassen  and Very  Rev. Emmett
Kelly of New Hampton, Rev. James Delay of Lawler, Very Rev. John Smith
of Charles City and Rev. Shekleton of Dubuque, formerly of Lawler.

Following services at the local  church, interment was made in Calvary
cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers were George Gansen, Ed Freidhof, Art
Gansen, John Beecher, Edward Clark and Frank Riley.

Elizabeth  Farrell was  born Aug.  3,  1867, at  Villanova in  Clinton
county, the daughter  of John and Catherine Farrell.   Her early years
were spent  in the Villanova  community. Sixty-five years ago  she was
united in  marriage to John  Showalter. They farmed in  Clinton county
until 1911 when  they moved to Howard county and  continued to farm on
various places  in the  Elma community until  1935 when  the Showalter
family moved to Elma.  Mr. Showalter died May 27, 1944.  Following the
death of her  husband, Mrs. Showalter continued to  live in Elma until
June of 1945  when she left to make her home  in Mercy hospital, Cedar
Rapids, where her death occurred.

Mr. and Mrs. Showalter were the parents of 13 children. A son, George,
died in infancy, with the  following 12 children mourning the death of
their mother:  Mrs. Al  Hanrahan (Mae) of  Independence, Joe  of Elma,
Frank of Cedar Rapids, Cyril  of Independence, Leo of St. Paul, Minn.,
Edwin of Delano Minn., Earl of Rock Island, Ill., Sister Mary Madonna,
Cedar Rapids, Albert of Los  Angeles, Calif., Harold of Elma, Linus of
Dyersville and Rev. Norbert Showalter, Reilly Ridge.

Besides the children, Mrs. Showalter  is also survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Will  Torpey (Gertrude) of De  Witt, and Mrs.  Theresa Shannon of
Sigourney.

Besides her parents, husband and  one son, Mrs. Showalter was preceded
in  death by  three  brothers,  Pat, James,  and  George Farrell,  one
half-brother, John  Farrell, Two  half-sisters, Martha and  Maria, and
two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Shannon and Mrs. Frank Showalter.

All of the children, with the  exception of Mrs. Hanrahan were able to
be present for  their mother's funeral. Other relatives  from away who
attended  the services were:  Gene Farrell,  Milwaukee, Wis.;  Mr. and
Mrs.  Urban Farrell,  Mason  City; Aloysius  (Tad)  Farrell and  Harry
McCleman of  Delmar; Mr. and  Mrs. John O'Connell, Cedar  Falls; James
Blinkman,  Mr.  and  Mrs. Ed  Dyer  of  Ames;  Mrs. George  Marr,  Dan
Showalter of  Waterloo; Mrs. and  Mrs. Everett Showalter,  Rock Falls;
and Dale Showalter, Plymouth.

The New Era (Elma?)
Thursday, Dec. 27, 1951, vol. 66, number 1.
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			 Mrs. John Showalter
                                            
  Funeral services will be held this morning in the Immaculate Conception 
  church at Elma, Iowa for Mrs. Elizabeth  Showalter 84, who died Monday 
  December 15, 1951, in a  Cedar Rapids hospital. Burial  will be in the  
  Elma cemetery.
  
  Mrs. Showalter was born Elizabeth Farrell, August 3, 1867 at Villa Nova 
  and married John Showalter on February 8, 1888. He died in 1944.
  
  Survivors are two  daughters, Mrs.  Mae Hanrahan  of Independence, and  
  Sister Mary Madonna of Cedar Rapids; and ten sons, Joseph, Harold, and 
  the Rev. Norbert Showalter, all of Elma; Frank of Cedar Rapids; Leo of  
  Minneapolis; Cyril of Waterloo;  Edwin of Montana;  Earl of Davenport;  
  Linus of Dyersville and Albert of Los  Angeles; also two sisters, Mrs. 
  Teresa Shannon of Sigourney and Mrs. Gertrude Torpey of DeWitt.
  
  De Witt paper, 
  December 1951
  Typed by Lyman Morrison, 1994.  
  Note by D. Nicklaus: Her funeral  card says she died Dec. 17.
  Dec. 17 was a Monday in 1951.
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