This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDowell, Geeting Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2dB.2ACI/2624 Message Board Post: The Ligonier, PA "Echo" issue of 22 September 1944, p. 2, col. 4 Elmer E. McDowell. Word has been received by district relatives of the death of Elmer E. McDowell, of Centralia, Illinois. He was born in South Ligonier township on April 11, 1867 and was the son of the late Hiram and Amanda J. McDowell, of Ligonier. The late Mr. McDowell, who left this district when quite a young man had followed railroading but was retired some years ago. His widow and several children of a former marriage survive along with the following brothers and sister: E.K. McDowell, of Ligonier; I.G. McDowell, of Irwin R.D. 3, and Mrs. Virgil Serena, of South Ligonier Twp. One sister, the late Mrs. Annie James, of Moberly, Mo., preceded her brother in death several years ago. Interment was made in Centralia, Illinois. _____________________________________________