Sudden Death at Age of 85

Word has come of the death of Norman Showerman, a former well-known Ypsilantian, at Lyons, Ia., at the age of 85 years.

Mr. Showerman was the son of the late Timothy Showerman, an old-time Ypsilanti resident, and was an uncle of Frank and Fred Showerman and Louis and Guy Davis of that city, and the brother of Delos Showerman of Detroit.

Mr. Showerman was apparently in the best of health Sunday evening, but a few moments after he had gone to his bedroom he was heard to fall and he was found dead. He was formerly an engineer employed in a car foundry at Davenport, Ia., where he had a reputation for efficiency and reliability.

He left Ypsilanti about 50 years ago.