Gertrude Helen BROCKHOUSE

1915 - 1995  (79 years)

• Name	Gertrude Helen BROCKHOUSE
  Born	1 Mar 1915	Edgerton, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Feb 1995	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
  Notes	SSDI: #503-01-1919, b. 1 Mar 1915, d. 5 Feb. 1995; res. 57104, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD. Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Monday, Feb. 6, 1995: “Gertrude Lowell dies at 79; warmed charities with quilts: By Mary Van Beusekom, Argus Leader Staff: Gertrude Lowell loved to make quilts, but she enjoyed giving them away even more. Her son-in-law, Larry Feay of Sioux Falls, said Lowell’s home was always filled with fabric ready to be cut and quilted into beautiful blankets. She would no sooner finish one than she would give it to the Children’s Inn, churches or other charities. Lowell and her husband, Charles, ran the West Sioux Roller Rink from 1941 until their retirements in 1987. “When she wasn’t at the roller rink, she was home quilting,” Feay said. She also spent much of her spare time making rag rugs for the Sioux Falls Senior Citizens Center to sell, a charitable work that earned her the center’s 1991 Senior Citizen of the Year award. Gertrude H. Lowell, of 1305 N. Lincoln Ave., died Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995, at McKennan Hospital of natural causes. She was born Gertrude Brockhouse on March 1, 1915, in Edgerton, Minn., and moved as a youth with her family to Sioux Falls. She graduated from Washington High School in 1933. As a young woman, she clerked and stocked shelves at her family’s business, West Sioux Hardware and Grocery. On May 5, 1938, she married Charles Lowell in Sioux Falls. Lowell was an active member of Emmanuel Baaptist Church. In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Russell of Sioux Falls; two daughters, Mrs. Larry (Myra) Feay and Mrs. Gary (Cheryl) Murfield, both of Sioux Falls; five grandchildren and one sister, Helen Corkins of Renton, Wash. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 5:30 pm. today at George Boom Funeral Home. Family will be present at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 p.m. until after the 7:30 p.m. prayer service.”
  Person ID	I256	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Ray Frank BROCKHOUSE,   b. 27 Oct 1882, Netherlands ,   d. 9 Oct 1969, Boyden, Sioux, Iowa, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Nelly or Nellie MARIS,   b. 11 Oct 1884, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands ,   d. 27 Sep 1945, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1907	Edgerton, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA
  Family ID	F613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Edward Joachim LOWELL,   b. 17 Nov 1910, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 17 Apr 1999, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	5 May 1938	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Myra Jean LOWELL   2. Cheryl Ann LOWELL   3. Russell James LOWELL
  Photos		Lowell, Charles and wife, Gertrude Brockhouse Lowell.
  		Lowell Family. Christmas 1959(?) Part 1. The extended Lowell family at 1201 N. Lincoln Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. L. to R.: Harold D. Nelson, Gudrun Nelson, Myra Lowell, Gert Lowell, Charles Lowell, George Lowell, John Lowell, Flora Luker.
  Headstones		Lowell, Charles and Gertrude Brockhouse Lowell
  Last Modified	11 May 2021
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Mar 1915 - Edgerton, Pipestone, Minnesota, USA Married - 5 May 1938 - Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA Died - 5 Feb 1995 - Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA Buried - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Lowell Women and One Boy Taken approximately 1935 perhaps at Minnie McCartney's farm. L to R: Hazel Miller Lowell, Flora McCartney Luker, Minnie Lowell McCartney, Freda Volsch Lowell, John Harvey Lowell holding a watermelon, Florence Feyder Lowell, Gertrude Brockhouse Lowell.