Philbert E. McDowell

Philbert E. McDowell, 58, 254 Des Moines, died Sunday at the Veteran's Hospital, Denver, Colo.

Mr. McDowell was born March 30, 1926, in Salina and was a lifetime resident of the area. He was the former owner and operator of McDowell's Craft Shop, 248A S. Santa Fe, and retired in 1969. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans.

He is survived by his wife, Delores, of the home; one child, Linda McCully, Erie, Colo.; one brother, Wayne McDowell, Rt. 6; two sisters, evelyn Chilen, 1101 Crown Ct., and Clara Yerke, Denver; and two grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Ryan Mortuary, the Rev. David Morris officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park.

Memorials may be given to the Free Methodist Church or the Heart Fund.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

The Salina Journal, January 3, 1985, page 9, column 2.