Mrs. Leiu E Sowder

Mrs. Leiu E Sowder, 88, died at 3:15 p. m. Wednesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fannie Wallace, two and (?) Princeton. She had been ill for the past three months.

Other survivors include two sons, Thomas of Princeton and Samuel J of Indianapolis; three other daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth McLemore of Oakland City, Mrs. Pearl Cox and Mrs. Thelma Lemmons, both of Princeton; a sister, Mrs. Amanda McLemore of Princeton; two step-brothers, Jesse and William Tyree of Princeton; 22 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Wright and Kendall Funeral Home by the Rev. Allan Vine.

Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m. Thursday.

(Contributed by Martha Earls, 27 Dec 2011.)