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- SOURCES:
Social Security Death Index <http://www.ancestry.com>
Name: Ralph V. Dowers SSN: 348-07-0409
Last Residence: 61846 Georgetown, Vermilion, Illinois, United States of America
Born: 6 Oct 1916 Died: 14 Dec 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 <http://www.ancestry.com>
Name: Ralph V Dowers
Service Info.: T SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date:6 Oct 1916 - Death Date: 14 Dec 2003
Cemetery:Pleasant Mound , Cemetery Address:Georgetown, IL 61846
United States Obituary Collection <http://www.ancestry.com>
Name of Deceased:Ralph V. "Pete" Dowers Age at Death: 87
Birth Date:6 Oct 1916, Death Date:14 Dec 2003 -
Obituary Date:5 Jan 2004 Newspaper Title: Commercial-News
Newspaper Location: Danville, IL, Us
Locations Mentioned in Obituary: Georgetown, Danville Springfield Eugene, IN Covington, IN
Other Persons Mentioned in Obituary: Frank Jean Rumple Myrtle Airman Potter James Wilma Carrington Bess Elsie Jim Dowers Linda Potter (Bob) Clarence James Liddie Dowers A. John Dowers.
OBIT - GEORGETOWN ? Ralph V. "Pete" Dowers, 87, of Georgetown, passed away Sunday morning (Dec. 14, 2003) at the VA Illiana HCS, Danville.
"Pete" was born Oct. 6, 1916, in Georgetown, the son of the late James and Liddie A. Dowers. "Pete" married Wilma Carrington on April 8, 1916, in Danville and he survives of Georgetown.
Other survivors include: one daughter, Linda (Bob) Potter of Georgetown; two brothers, John Dowers of Covington, Ind., and half brother, Jim Dowers of Eugene, Ind.; two grandchildren, Benjamin Potter of Springfield and Senior Airman James Potter of the Fairchild Air Force Base. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Frank and Clarence, and four sisters, Elsie, Myrtle, Bess, and Sadie.
"Pete" worked as a farmer in the Georgetown area for most of his life. After serving his country proudly in WW II as a Tech Sgt. and was a member of the American Legion Post #203. "Pete" returned home to work as mechanic in Chrisman and was well known for fixing lots of buddies Tractors. "Pete" enjoyed coon hunting and being outdoors. "Pete" always had livestock.
A celebration of "Pete's" life will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, at Houghton-Leasure Funeral Home in Georgetown; Officiating: Pastors Ernest and Jean Rumple; Visitation: 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the funeral home; Burial: Pleasant Mound Cemetery with full military rites to be conducted by the American Legion Post 203.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/view.aspx?db=web-obituary&kw=&pid=926712&url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll%3Fdb%3dweb-obituary%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d8750%26gss%3dangs-i
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8939&enc=1>
Name: Ralph Dowers Birth Year: 1916 Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Illinois State of Residence: Illinois
Enlistment Date: 31 Mar 1941 Enlistment State: Illinois Enlistment City: Chicago
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private Grade Code: Private
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled mechanics and repairmen, motor vehicles
Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 66 Weight: 142
SOURCES:
BIRTH/DEATH:
Social Security Death Index <http://www.ancestry.com>
Ralph V. Dowers, Born:6 Oct 1916 -Died:14 Dec 2003, SSN:348-07-0409
Last Residence: 61846 Georgetown, Vermilion, Illinois, United States of America
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)
BURIAL:
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 <http://www.ancestry.com>
Ralph V Dowers, Service Info.:TSGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II,
Birth Date:6 Oct 1916, Death Date:14 Dec 2003,
Cemetery:Pleasant Mound,Georgetown, IL 61846
OBIT:
United States Obituary Collection <http://www.ancestry.com>
Name of Deceased:Ralph V. "Pete" Dowers Age at Death:87, Birth Date:6 Oct 1916, Death Date: 14 Dec 2003,Obituary Date:5 Jan 2004. Newspaper Title:Commercial-News,Newspaper Location:Danville, IL, Us
Locations Mentioned in Obituary: Georgetown, Danville Springfield Eugene, IN Covington, IN
Other Persons Mentioned in Obituary:Frank Jean Rumple Myrtle Airman Potter James Wilma Carrington Bess Elsie Jim Dowers Linda Potter (Bob) Clarence James Liddie Dowers A. John Dowers.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 <http://www.ancestry.com>
Ralph Dowers,Birth Year:1916,Race:White, Citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Illinois, State of Residence: Illinois.Enlistment Date:31 Mar 1941,Enlistment State:Illinois,Enlistment City:Chicago,Branch:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA,Branch Code:Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA,Grade:Private,Grade Code:Private,Component:Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life,Education:Grammar school,Civil Occupation: Semiskilled mechanics and repairmen, motor vehicles,Marital Status:Single, without dependents. Height: 66,Weight:142
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