Filer- James A Bowen, 51, Pocatello, former Filer resident, died Saturday evening at a Pocatello hospital after a short illness.
Born Oct 9, 1922, in Fort Morgan, Colo, he came to Filer at the age of 12. He graduated from Filer High School, joined the US Navy and was at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack in 1941.
He married Hazel McCoy in Elko, Nev. She died in 1969.
Mr Bowen was a member of the Filer Masonic Lodge and BPOE No 675 in Pocatello.
He was employed as a brakeman for the Union Pacific Railroad.
He is survived by four daughters, his mother, Mrs Emma Bowen, Filer, two sisters, including Helen Hayslett, Filer; one brother and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Twin Falls Mortuary Chapel by Rev Stan Runyon. Military rites will be in the Filer IOOF Cemetery.
Filer- James A Bowen, 51, Pocatello, former Filer resident, died Saturday evening at a Pocatello hospital after a short illness.
Born Oct 9, 1922, in Fort Morgan, Colo, he came to Filer at the age of 12. He graduated from Filer High School, joined the US Navy and was at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack in 1941.
He married Hazel McCoy in Elko, Nev. She died in 1969.
Mr Bowen was a member of the Filer Masonic Lodge and BPOE No 675 in Pocatello.
He was employed as a brakeman for the Union Pacific Railroad.
He is survived by four daughters, his mother, Mrs Emma Bowen, Filer, two sisters, including Helen Hayslett, Filer; one brother and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Twin Falls Mortuary Chapel by Rev Stan Runyon. Military rites will be in the Filer IOOF Cemetery.
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