Jesse E Cowger

1908 - 1977  (68 years)

• Name	Jesse E Cowger
  Born	3 Dec 1908	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Apr 1977	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	18 Apr 1977	Olive Hill Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3067	Rossville
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Oscar Robert Cowger,   b. 5 Aug 1882, Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Aug 1970, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Effie Chaney Cowger,   d. 1936
  Married	2 Apr 1908	Holton, Jackson County, Kansas
  Documents		Marriage- Chaney, Effie-Cowger, Oscar Oscar Koger [sic Cowger] and Miss Effie Chaney of Delia were united in marriage at Holton Thursday.
  Family ID	F1475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Henrietta Van Valkenburgh Cowger
  Married	22 Sep 1934	Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Mary L Cowger Chrisman Eby,   b. 30 Oct 1936, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 1 Nov 2016, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri  (Age 80 years)   2. Marvin Cowger   3. Melvin Cowger   4. James Leon Cowger
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2019 22:18:46
  Family ID	F1477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 22 Sep 1934 - Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas Buried - 18 Apr 1977 - Olive Hill Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Cowger, Jesse Jesse E. Cowger HOLTON — Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Mercer funeral Home here for Jesse E. Cowger, 68, rural Sol¬dier, who died Thursday at a Topeka acute care nursing facility where he had been a week. He had been trans¬ferred there from a Topeka hospital where he was admitted March 4. He had cancer. He was born Dec. 3, 1908, in Delia. He lived at Delia and Holton before moving to Soldier, where he lived 32 years. He was a farmer and stockman. He was a member of Bucks Grove United Methodist Church, west of Holton, and a charter member of Soldier Lions Club, Soldier. He married Henrietta VanValkenbergh on Sept. 22, 1934, in Hiawatha. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Mary L. Eby, Arcanum, Ohio; two sons, Marvin Cowger, 413 Green, Tope¬ka, and Melvin Cowger, 2719 Kentucky, Topeka; two brothers, Arch Cowger, Soldier, and LeRoy Mayo, Filer, Idaho; a sister, Mrs. Beulah Wykert, Soldier; and six grandchildren. Burial will be in Olive Hill Cemetery, west of Holton. Mr. Cowger will lie in state from 8 p.m. today until services at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Bucks Grove United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Socie¬ty and sent in care of Denison State Bank, Holton.