Reply To: Mary Frances Reilly Cowden, 87, WWII USMC veteran, Austin, TX, 4 AUG 2010

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August 5, 2010 at 12:38 pm #2793
markwells
Keymaster

Thank you to the 12 who were there to honor Mrs. Cowden's service to our country yesterday in the flag line. The PGR also served as pall bearers.

The area around the chapel at Camp Mabry is nice, park-like, with big old trees, and well kept. We had the good fortune to stand in the shade of the building the entire time.

It was reported by her son Patrick that Mrs. Cowden was the last USMC woman WWII veteran here in central Texas. May she rest in peace.