Obit: Owen, Elinor (1885 – 1973)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Owen, Brandt, Conover, Rodgers

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 27 Dec 1973

Owen, Elinor (15 MAY 1885 – 7 DEC 1973)

Mrs. Elinor Owen, 88, of 28 Newton Street, Eau Claire, died Friday afternoon, December 7, 1973 at Luther Hospital.

Private funeral services were held at the Owen residence, with the Very Rev. Gordon E. Brandt officiating, on Monday, December 10th. Burial was made in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Elinor Conover was born May 15, 1885 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Vassar College, graduating in 1908, and was married June 21, 1910, to the late Ralph W. Owen in Chicago. They moved to Eau Claire in 1916.

Mrs. Owen was active in Visiting Nurses Association in Eau Claire and American Red Cross.

Survivors include two sons, Ralph Jr., rural Fall Creek; David R., rural Rock Falls; two daughters, Mrs. John Rodgers, route 3, Eau Claire; Cora, Hamilton, Montana; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

There were no visitations, but memorials may be sent to Luther Hospital or the American Red Cross.