St. Clair County Obits

DOROTHY MAE LOWRY

Clinton Daily Democrat
16 December 2002
Dorothy Mae Wheeler Baumgarden Lowry was born March 23, 1915 in Osceola, to Millious and Ella Wisner Wheeler. She died Saturday, December 14, 2002 at Golden Valley Hospital in Clinton.
On November 23, 1932, she married Harvey Francis Baumgarden. On May 30, 1976, she married
Thomas M. Lowry.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Harvey Baumgarden, and son, Earl Baumgarden, her parents, six brothers, two sisters, one son-in-law, one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
She is survived by her daughter LaVerne; son Cecil and daughter-in-law, Minnie Estes; nine grandchildren,
22 great-grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors.
She was a member of the Cove Creek Christian Church.
She had been a resident of Westwood Nursing Home for the past few years and entered Golden Valley Hospital on December 4. She was a nurse at the old General Hospital, moving to Golden Valley Hospital where she retired. After retirement she did in-home care for the elderly until her health failed.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 18, at the Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel. Burial will be in Kings Prairie Cemetery.