Obituary For Harvey Rowan Mack (1895-1969)

From the Springfield Leader and Press (Springfield, Missouri), 30 Sep 1969, Page 22 --

HARVEY ROWAN MACK

     Harvey Rowan Mack, 74, of 2324 Mt Vernon, died at 1:15 p.m. Monday in Foster Nursing Home here. 

     A lifelong resident of Spring field, Mr. Mack had been in ill health for two years. He was veteran of World War I, and had retired after working for Frisco for 40 years,

     Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mary Ann Witt,, 2324 Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Patricia Lee VeHorn, Rushville, Ind.; three brothers, Lester, 721 West High, Robert, Brighton, Earnest, 404 East Madison; a sister, Mrs. Edith Helfrecht, 827 West Whiteside; eight grandchildren and two step-grandchildren. 

     Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Klingner Chapel with the Rev. William Spindler officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.

As I discovered here Harvey Rowan Mack was the blessed young man who inherited his grandfather Capt. Harvey J. Dutton's officer sword that he carried in the Civil War.

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