FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR JOHN SHOWALTER

Passed Away Saturday, May 27, at the Age of 78 Years; Lived here since
1910 Requiem High Mass was offered at the Immaculate Conception church
on Memorial day, May 30, for John G. Showalter, who passed away
Saturday evening, May 27,1944,at the University hospital, Iowa City,
after a brief sickness. At the time of his death he was 78 years, 8
months and 6 days of age. The mass was offered by a son of the
deceased, Father Norbert F. Showalter, chaplain, U.S. navy. Present in
the sanctuary were Fathers Edmund O'Donnell and Ronald Axen of Elma,
and Father J.F.  Wiehl, of Alta Vista. An unusually inspirational
sermon was delivered by Father O'Donnell, pastor of the Immaculate
Conception Church. Father O'Donnell stressed the importance of the
vocation of marriage and fatherhood which was so admirably fulfilled
by the deceased. Serving the mass were three grandsons, Bobby, Jerry
and Jimmie Showalter, and Jerry Sullivan.

Internment was made in Calvary cemetery with Conway's in charge of all
arrangements. Pallbearers were Jim Connolly, Nick Gansen, Ed Friedhoff
Frank Riley, Ed Clark, and John Beecher.

John Gordon Showalter was born in Latrobe, Westmoreland County,Pa., on
Sept. 21,1865,  the son of Elihu T. and Alice Gordon Showalter.  While
still an infant he moved with his parents to Clinton couny, Iowa,
where they established the Showalter homestead at Villanova, near
DeWitt.  He was educated in the Clinton county schools and grew to
manhood on the farm. He was married Feb. 8,1888, in St. Patrick's
church at Villanova to Elizabeth Farrell by the late Father
J.J. Garland. To this union thirteen children were born.  The family
moved to Elma in 1911 and have been residents of this community ever
since.  Surviving the deceased is his critically sick wife and twelve
of their children: Mary Ann Hanrahan, Joseph, Francis, Leo, Cyril,
Edwin, Earl, Sister Mary Madonna, Albert, Harold, Linus and Father
Norbert. Also surviving are thirty grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren. One son, George, died in infancy.  

Relatives and friends from a distance, other than immediate members of
the family, attending the funeral were: P.S. Farrell, Davenport, Ia. ;
Mrs. John Shannon, Sigourney, Ia. ; and Mrs. Will Torpey, DeWitt, Ia.,
brothers and sisters of Mrs. Showalter ; Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connell
of Waterloo; J.A.  Farrell, Delmar, Iowa; Urban Farrell,Masn City;
Mother Mary Maura, Sisters M. Ildephonse, Immaculata and Calansanctus,
of Mt. Mercy, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kelly, Mrs. Wayne
Hoopman, Mr. and Mrs.  Clarence Barnes, Cresco; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Erger, of McIntyre; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes, Riceville; Mrs. Emmett
McGrane, Alta Vista, and Mrs.  C.G. Stratton of St. Paul, Minn.

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From Robert L. Showalter, attributed to "local Iowa paper."