MARY MOWRY

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary A. Mowry, 85, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001, at Perry Oaks Manor in Perryville.

She was born Feb. 17, 1916, in Perry County in Missouri, daughter of Thomas and Mary Whistler Taylor. She and Alvin A. Mowry were married June 28, 1947. He died March 17, 1992.

Mowry was retired from International Shoe, where she worked as a laborer. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.

Survivors include three grandchildren and 30 nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, eight sisters, six brothers and 15 nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today and 6:30-9:40 a.m. Tuesday at Young and Sons Chapel in Perryville.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Kevin Fausz will officiate, with burial in Home Cemetery.