INEZ PEARL (BOWEN) WRIGHT

Inez Pearl Wright Dies At Age 67

Mrs. Inez Pearl Wright, 67, of Astoria, died at 11:10 p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 7, 1975, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.

She was born Dec. 17, 1907 at Prairie City, McDonough County, a daughter of William and Lillie Lashbrook Bowen. On June 26, 1962, she was married to Everett Wright in Rushville. He survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Lyle Wright of Marquette Heights, Gerald Wright of Missoula, Mont., and Paul Wright of Peoria; three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Steele of East Peoria, Mrs. Rachel Wolf of Peoria, and Mrs. Frances Bolen of Marquette Heights; 17 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Frances Rittenhouse of Godfrey, Mrs. Eva Ashbaker of Rosewood Heights, Mrs. Bessie Kerr of Mt. Sterling and Mrs. Goldie Moreland of Rushville.

She was preceded in death by one son and six brothers.

Mrs. Wright was a member of the Bader Christian Church.

Funeral services were scheduled for 1 p.m. this afternoon at Roby Funeral Chapel in Rushville with Rev. James Shirley officiating. Burial was to be in the Mt. Horeb Cemetery in Adams County.

 

Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 12/10/1975

[Laura’s note: The year of her marriage seems to have been transposed at time of publication. The Illinois County Marriage Records database lists a marriage date of 1926, not 1962.]

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