JOSEPH AND PHILIS MARGUERITE BOW BARTELS
Philis was born January 14, 1903 at her parent's family farm in Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Orin and Louisa Rosewig Bow. Philis was six years old when her mother, Louisa, passed away. After her mother died, Philis lived with the neighbors, Charles and Olga Wenzel Glinke. Philis went to the Parker School located at the corner of Lakefield and Fenmore Roads.