Howard Mosher PURVIS

Male 1889 - 1958  (69 years)


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  • Name Howard Mosher PURVIS 
    Born 18 Jun 1889  Ironton, Eveline Twp., Charlevoix Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Dec 1958  Des Moines, Poll Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Plot Block F.
    Buried Masonic Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1491  John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2019 

    Father James HENRY PURVIS
              b. 25 Oct 1850, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Jul 1929, Des Moines, Poll Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Statira Maria STADY MOSHER
              b. 18 Aug 1847, Glen Meyer, Houghton Twp., Norfolk Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Jun 1900, Des Moines, Poll Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married c 1878  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alta Ruth COOMBER
              b. 5 Mar 1893, Fort Dodge, Webster Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Dec 1957, Fort Dodge, Webster Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 19 May 1911  Newell, Buena Vista Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sgt. Meredith Howard PURVIS
              b. 8 Sep 1912, Petoskey, Emmett Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 2 Dec 1944, Papua, Indonesia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     2. Kathleen H PURVIS
              b. 6 Apr 1918, Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Apr 2013, Dallas, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     3. Walter PURVIS
              b. 1914, Kalamazoo, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Nov 1923, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F1060  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Howard is the son of Statira Maria Mosher & James Henry Purvis.

      Obituary
      Howard m Purvis, 57 of 402 Grand Ave, Vice percent of Carbon Mining & SalesCo., died of a lung ailment Sunday night at Iowa methodist Hospital. He had been ill for several months. A native of fronton, Michigan, Mr Purvis had lived here about 40 years. he was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Niles, Rich, the York Rites & the Za Ga Zig Shrine. Services at Dunn Funeral Home, burial in Masonic Cemetery.
      Surviving are his widow, Grace; dau. Mrs. Kahleen Shilts of Garland, Texas, a sister Mrs Ruther Hostetler of Bremerton, Washington. - - -