Staggs - Edith Sowers
Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Review May 7, 1983
Edith Leona Staggs, of RR Marshall, died at 11:30 ? Friday in Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville. She had been ill 5 years. She had been a member of Byron Christian Church for 53 years. Mrs. Staggs was born April 14, 1898, in Jasper Co, Ill, a daughter of Joseph N and Ella Foltz Sowers. She married Abrham Staggs in Feb 1930, and he preceded her in death June 18, 1947. Survivors include a daughter, Lorene Staggs of Rt. 1, Marshall; a son, Abraham Jr, also of Rt. 1, Marshall, a sister, Pauline Hanna of Dietrich, Illinois; 5 grandchildren and sev. nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Edna Taylor. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in Machledt and Servies Funeral home at Waveland with the Rev. Hugh Dooley officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery at Marshall. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Sun. at the funeral home