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Minnie Belle Hurd Downes

27 Oct 1872 – 22 Aug 1918

Birth	27 Oct 1872
Death	22 Aug 1918
Cemetery	Stromsburg Cemetery Stromsburg , Polk County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Beth Sparrow on 16 Sep 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29802161

Bio

She married 1) Charles Henry Powell. They divorced sometime after 1910 They had the following children: Guy Wm Powell b 1891 Caroline E Powell b 1894 Ervan Powell b 1897 Myrtle Powell b 1899 Ruth E Powell b 1901 Her Birth Location is: Dunkirk, Blanchard Twp., Hardin County, Ohio Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent Thursday, 22 August 1918 Death of Mrs. Downes Mrs. Minnie B. Downes, residing at 205 West Eleventh Street, passed away at her home about three o'clock this morning after a five days' illness, death resulting from a severe attack of tonsilitis and heart trouble. She was about 46 years of age. Two sons and three daughters are left to mourn her loss. One son, Private Guy W. Powell, of Battery C. 9th F. A., Fort Sill, Okla., is now in the city as also a daughter who resides in Montana. Word from other relatives is being awaited. Announcement of the funeral will be made later. ********* Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent Saturday, 24 August 1918 The funeral of Mrs. Minnie B. Downes will take place on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the residence, 205 West Eleventh street. The remains will be shipped to Stromsburg, Neb., for interment. Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent Tuesday, 27 August 1918 Obituary Mrs. Minnie Bell Hurd was born in Dunkirk, Harden county, Ohio, on October 23, 1871 and died at Grand Island, Neb., on August 23, 1918, being 46 years, nine months and twenty-nine days old at the time of her demise. On November 21, 1889, she was untied in marriage to C. H. Powell, at Stromsburg, Neb. To this union six children were born, an infant daughter, Alice, dying in infancy. Besides her bereaved husband, she leaves the following children to mourn her loss: Guy W. , now in the service and located at Fort Sill, Okla.; Carrie E., of Lima, Mont.; Irwin, Myrtle and Ruth, who reside at home. In February last, the deceased was united with the Christian church of this city, of which she remained a faithful and consistent member.

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Aged 45 years.

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Family

Parents

• Zerah Leroy Hurd 1840–1897
• Sarah Minerva Thompson Hurd 1843–1917

Spouse

• Charles Henry "Charley" Powell 1868–1952
• John Wesley Downes 1878–1951

Siblings

• Albert Newton Hurd 1866–1929
• Ethel Vinona Hurd Dahl 1879–1969

Children

• Guy William Powell 1891–1928
• Carolina Evylain Powell Bohl 1894–1924
• Ervan Elsworth Powell 1896–1986
• Myrtle Edith Powell Bailey 1899–1973
• Ruth Ellen Powell Kobel 1901–1962

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