Leon Jesse Stowell

Leon Jesse Stowell

Male 1919 - 1992  (72 years)


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  • Name Leon Jesse Stowell  [1, 2
    Birth 10 Jul 1919  Boylston Osw, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Feb 1992  [1
    Person ID I77986  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Leon H. Stowell,   b. 22 Jan 1896   d. 28 Jul 1974 (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Helen Shafty,   b. 1900   d. 20 Jun 1982 (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F26313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara A Armstrong,   b. 1 Jun 1923   d. 17 Jan 2021 (Age 97 years) 
    Children 
     1. Kay E. Stowell
    Family ID F26258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Est. Age at Death 72 years, 7 months, 15 days

      Jesse Stowell, 72, Ridge Road, died Tuesday at his home.

      A private funeral will be held today at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski. Burial will be in Wesleyan Cemetery, Boylston, in the spring.

      Contributions may be made to the Northern Oswego County Ambulance.

      Surviving are his wife, Barbara; a daughter, Kay Kastler, Lacona; a sister, Muriel Texido, Melbourne Beach, Fla.; a granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.

      Born July 10, 1919, in Boylston, son of Leon and Elizabeth Shafty Stowell, he graduated from Sandy Creek High School in 1934 at age 15.

      Mr. Stowell retired in 1979 from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. He previously owned and operated the family farm from 1947 to 1959. He was a life resident of the Lacona area.

      He married Barbara Armstrong on Sept. 5, 1940.

      Mr. Stowell served with the Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1945. He was a member of Robert Edwards Post 358 of the American Legion in Pulaski.

      He was also a member of the Sandy Creek United Methodist Church and was an avid woodsman, naturalist and carpenter.

      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - Thursday, February 27, 1992

  • Sources 
    1. [S1322] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    2. [S1354] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).