Obit: Bower, Ronald #2 (1939 - 1939)

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Surnames: Bower, Cleveland

----Sources: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 07/13/1939

Bower, Ronald #2 (24 JAN 1939 - 10 JUL 1939)

The five-months-old son, Ronald, of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bower, who reside southwest of the city (Owen, Clark Co., Wis.), suffocated while lying in a crib at its home while his parents were busy doing the chores early Monday morning.

The mother had given the child his bottle of milk before leaving him while she helped with the chores early Monday morning.

The mother had given the child his bottle of milk before leaving him while she helped with chores. When she returned to the house in about an hour and a half, the child was found dead, the bed clothes pulled over his head.

Ronald Allen Bower, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bower, was born on Jan. 24, 1939 and died July 10, at the age of 5 months and 14 days.

He leaves to mourn his death, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bower; three grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Bower of Owen and W.G. Cleveland of Fargo, N.D.; besides a number of other relatives.

He was an only child and will be greatly missed by his parents and relatives.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon from the Griebenow-Weirich Funeral Parlors with P.F. Pfaffman officiating.