services Monday
Brelia Orella Bowden, 84, died April 12, 1989 at Lost Rivers Hospital followihg a stroke.
She was born April 5, 1905, at Bramwell to Wiliam Joseph and Mary Ann Phoebe Wheeler Orchard. She attended schools in Payette and Burley.
She married Clifford Stokes Bowdon on September 6, 1922, in Salt Lake City. This marriage was solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple Jan. 18, 1935.
She was a cook for the Butte County School District for 13 years, then worked as a housekeeper and cook for the Lost Rivers Hospital for seven years.
She was an active member of the LDS Church.
Survivors include five sons, Darwin Bowden of Moore; O. Deen Bowden of Salt Lake City, Spence Bowden of Ogden, Utah, Dale Bowden of Castro Valley, California, and Joseph Bowden of Layton, Utah; two daughters, Janet Shirley of Lafayette, Oregon, and Kaye Hope of Idaho Falls; 49 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, four brothers and seven sisters.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at the Moore Stake Center by Bishop Merlin Waddoups. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Arco under the direction of Marvel Memorial Chapel.
services Monday
Brelia Orella Bowden, 84, died April 12, 1989 at Lost Rivers Hospital followihg a stroke.
She was born April 5, 1905, at Bramwell to Wiliam Joseph and Mary Ann Phoebe Wheeler Orchard. She attended schools in Payette and Burley.
She married Clifford Stokes Bowdon on September 6, 1922, in Salt Lake City. This marriage was solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple Jan. 18, 1935.
She was a cook for the Butte County School District for 13 years, then worked as a housekeeper and cook for the Lost Rivers Hospital for seven years.
She was an active member of the LDS Church.
Survivors include five sons, Darwin Bowden of Moore; O. Deen Bowden of Salt Lake City, Spence Bowden of Ogden, Utah, Dale Bowden of Castro Valley, California, and Joseph Bowden of Layton, Utah; two daughters, Janet Shirley of Lafayette, Oregon, and Kaye Hope of Idaho Falls; 49 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, four brothers and seven sisters.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at the Moore Stake Center by Bishop Merlin Waddoups. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Arco under the direction of Marvel Memorial Chapel.
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Clara Almeda Orchard
1887–1888
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Maud Elva Orchard Bowers
1889–1918
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Lewis Earl Orchard
1891–1961
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Harriet Estella "Stella" Orchard
1893–1914
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Lora Lenora Orchard Bowden
1895–1949
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William Joseph Wheeler Orchard
1896–1972
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Roxa Almira "Roxie" Orchard Merrill
1899–1952
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Alice Mureen Orchard
1900–1900
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Harold Revon Orchard
1903–1979
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Orva Revere Orchard
1907–1908
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Nita Tavoca Orchard Hepner
1910–1974
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Joseph Hyrum Orchard
1869–1944
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Samuel Jacob Orchard
1871–1872
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William John Orchard
1874–1953
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Edwin Harding Orchard
1874–1875
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Alvin George Orchard
1877–1948
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Francis Henry Orchard
1877–1946
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Alma Fred Orchard
1879–1888
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Archibald Orchard
1882–1903
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Albert Aland Orchard
1884–1969
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Ira James Orchard
1886–1891
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Florence Lois Orchard Bodily
1891–1946
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Ruth LaPreal Orchard Bowden
1893–1986
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Susannah LaVern Kemp Orchard Neeley
1896–1970
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