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Myrtle Minerva Amsberry Bowley

16 Jul 1893 – 16 Dec 1970

Birth	16 Jul 1893
Death	16 Dec 1970
Cemetery	Victoria Creek Cemetery Anselmo , Custer County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Chuck Munn on 05 Apr 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15196327

Bio

Daughter of Norton Amsberry of Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa and Mary Elizabeth Weaver of Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana. Wife of (1) Floyd E. Junk of Sciota, Ohio; married on 26 April 1911 and (2) John D. Bowley of Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska; married on 05 June 1922 at Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. "Myrtle Minerva Bowley, daughter of Mary Elizabeth Weaver and Norton Amsberry, was born at Ansley, Nebraska on July 16th, 1893. She passed from this life December 16th, 1970 at the age of 77 years, 5 months. She spent her girlhood days in and near Ansley, Nebraska, attending Kearney State Teachers College, also taught in several rural schools in Custer County. While teaching at New Hope School north of Merna, she met and married John D. Bowley of the New Helena vicinity. To this union were born five children; Ruth Bolen, Anselmo, Ruby Chrisp, Prosser, Washington, Katherine Geiser, Anselmo, John Bowley, Holdrege. One daughter, Lavone, preceded her in death in 1932. Her husband, John, preceded her in death in 1952. Myrtle spent her last years in Rest Haven Home at Broken Bow. On November 16th, 1970, she fell and broke her hip and was taken to Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, Nebraska. Myrtle was a loving mother and kind neighbor, her daily life was a living testimonial of her faith in God. She leaves to mourn her death, her family, two step-daughters, Florence Morgan of Golden, Colorado and Sarah Dutton of Imperial, Nebraska; one sister, Florence McCall of Los Gatos, California and one adopted brother, Paul of Los Angeles; also twenty-four grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends."

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Family

Parents

• Norton Amsberry 1864–1934
• Mary Elizabeth "Bess" Weaver Amsberry 1868–1922

Spouse

• John Dryden Bowley 1879–1952 FaG
• Floyd Earl Junk 1889–1967 FaG

Siblings

• Bertha M. Amsberry 1887–1888
• Ernest Berton "Bert" Amsberry 1888–1967
• Florence Jane Amsberry McCall 1892–1974
• Zachery "Zackie" Amsberry 1895–1900

Children

• Ruth Marie Bowley Bolen 1923–2012 FaG
• Ruby Ilene Bowley Chrisp 1924–2008 FaG
• Lavone Bowley 1925–1932 FaG
• Katherine Bowley Geiser 1927–2001 FaG

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