Lloyd Albert Cowan ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Following the death of his 1st wife, Margaret Shrake, in 1973, Lloyd was remarried in 1975 to Muriel A. Davis.
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  Death Notes:

Age: 82
Given Name: Lloyd
Surname: Cowan
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1916
State: Wisconsin
Last Place of Residence: Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Previous Residence Postal Code: 54630
Event Date: 04 Feb 1998

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRPJ-KM8 : 20 May 2014), Lloyd Cowan, 04 Feb 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 26 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 7B, Roll 4529, District 61-24, Family 162
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Lloyd A. Cowan..Brother-in-Law..24..IL..8th grade..Farm Laborer..earned $350 in 1939
(Living with wife and 2 daughters at home of her sister and brother.)
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• His obituary was published in February 1998. ³ Lloyd A. Cowan, age 81, of Galesville, died Wed., Feb. 4, 1998, at Marinuka Manor Nursing Home in Galesville. He was born June 12, 1916, to Hugh and Mary (Dobbs) Cowan in Toledo, Ill. He came to this area in 1935 with the C.C.C., where he worked on the Perrot Park project. He was employed by the Burlington Northern formerly C.B. and Q. railroad for 20 years and then as an Electrician and maintenance for the village of Trempealeau, until his retirement. Lloyd married Muriel Pedersen on July 2, 1975, at St. Bartholemew's Catholic Church in Trempealeau.

Lloyd is survived by his wife; two sons, Charles (Christine) Cowan of P eoria, Ill. and John Cowan of La Crosse; six daughters, Margaret (Richard) Wing and Ellen Pratt, both of La Crosse, Catherine Knopf of Milpitas, Calif., Virginia (Peter) Stanislawski of Trempealeau, Vivian (Mort) Simerson of Peoria, Ill. and Teresa (Steve) McAllister of Gulf Port, Miss.; 23 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; three sisters, May Heckman of Hales Corners, Wis., Estilene Walker of Albuquerque, N.M. and Mildred McMillan of Mattoon, Ill.

Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Margaret (Shrake), three brothers, two sisters and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, February 9, 1998, at St. Bartholemew's Catholic Church in Trempealeau. Fr. Robert Wagner will officiate. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery in Trempealeau. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. at the Smith Mortuary in Galesville on Sunday, Feb. 8, 1998.
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• He was buried on 9 February 1998 in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #95033404
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Lloyd married Margaret Elizabeth Shrake, daughter of Henry William Shrake and Margaret Ann Drugan, on 17 May 1937 in Trempealeau, WI.¹ (Margaret Elizabeth Shrake was born on 19 November 1905 in Trempealeau, WI,^{1 4 5 6 7 8 9} died on 9 November 1973 in La Crosse, WI ^{4 8 9} and was buried on 12 November 1973 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 26 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 7B, Roll 4529, District 61-24, Family 162
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
house owned, value $800
Residence in 1935: Same House
Henry J. Shrake..Head..38..WI..8th grade..Laborer for WPA..earned $300 in 1939
Mamie S. Shrake..Sister..39..WI..10th grade
Margaret M. Cowan..Sister..34..WI..12th grade
Lloyd A. Cowan..Brother-in-Law..24..IL..8th grade..Farm Laborer..earned $350 in 1939
Margaret M. Cowan..Niece..2..WI
Ellen L. Cowan..Niece..1..WI
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  Marriage Notes:

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Henry W. Shrake and wife to Margaret Ann Shrake, Lot 2, Section 8, Township 6, Range 105

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 3 Dec 1934, page 7)
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