Roy W. Showers Dies At Hospital
Wallowa, Oregon
Roy William Showers, of Wallowa, passed away at Wallowa Memorial Hospital Tuesday afternoon, November 29, 1955 following a short illness. He leaves his wife, Celia Frances, of Wallowa; three brothers, Andrew H. and Carl W., of Wallowa, and Kenneth D., of Joseph; three sisters, Mrs. Hazel Young, Wallowa, Mrs. Violet L. Bell, Pondosa, Ore., and Mrs. Ardella Martin, Lewiston, Ida.
He was born December 11, 1903 in Sanger, Calif., and his parents were William D. and Cora Stills Showers. He had been a resident of Wallowa county for the past 42 years, and on October 6,1955 he was married to Celia Frances Avery.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 2 p.m. from the Christian Church in Wallowa with the pastor, Rev. O.W. Jones to officiate. Music will be furnished by the church choir, and burial will be in the Wallowa cemetery.
Wallowa County Chieftain, Front Page, Thursday, December 1, 1955