Grace A. Saunders, daughter of William and Wealthy Crandall Saunders, was born in Clarksville, N. Y., on July 22, 1885, and passed away at her home in Richburg, N. Y., February 24, 1950.
On June 22, 1904, she married Elmer Cowles, who survives. She was a charter member of the Royal Neighbors of America, an organization she helped to organize and of which she was a member for 30 years; a member of the Richburg Literary Society; the W. C. T. U.; and the Ladies' Aid Society of the Richburg Church. She was a member of the first graduating class of Richburg High School in 1901. Mrs. Cowles had been a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Richburg for over 50 years.
Those who survive are her husband; one son, Crandall Cowles of Olean, N. Y.; five sisters and two brothers: Mrs. E. F. Pierce and Mrs. F. J. Pierce, both of Alfred Station, N. y.; Mrs. Hal Drake of Shinglehouse, Pa.; and Mrs. George Saunders, Mrs. Ronald Kenyon, Charles Saunders, and Floyd Saunders, all of Richburg. Funeral services were conducted from the Church that she loved, and interment was made in the local cemetery. Pastor Melvin G. Nida officiated. The pallbearers were all members of the Richburg Central School staff.
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