MRS. STOWE, 42 WIFE OF URBANA ALDERMAN, DIES

Death follows Illness of Several Weeks; Was Active in Church, P.T.A. Work

Mrs. Lula Mabel Stowe, 42, 206 South Lynn street, Urbana, died at 1:50 p m. Monday in her home, following a serious illness of several weeks.

Death was not unexpected and her husband and two of her sisters-in-law were present at the time of her death. She has been a resident of Urbana since she was a girl, and attended the Urbana high school.

Lula Mabel Lyster was born Dec. 4, 1895 in Jackson county, Ind., the daughter of Lycurgus and BelleDavis Lyster, where she lived for a number of years until she came with her family to Urbana

On June 8, 1929, she married Wilbur A. Stowe, in Urbana. She is the mother of one daughter, Maryellen, who is seven years old and attends the Webber school.

In Congregational Church

Besides her husband and daughter, one brother, Thomas B. Lyster, 404 South Race street, and a number of relatives survive her by marriage. She was preceded in death by three brothers and her parents.

Mrs. Stowe was an active member of the Congregational-Christian Church taking part in the missionary activities and a number of others. She was also an active member of the Webber School Parent Teachers Association.

Mr. Stowe was formerly alderman for the first ward at the past election, and is employed by the Big Four shops.

Rites Wednesday

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Congregational Church, Urbana. Rev. Joseph Fix, former pastor of the church, will return from Cairo, where he now has a pastorate, to officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Olive cemetery.

Submitted by Don Barnett