Funeral services for Coquelle "Coke" Gene Bowker, age 74, of Azle, Texas and formerly of the Eagle Butte and Dupree area, will be 10 AM, MT, November 14, at the St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte, SD.
Burial will be at the Buffalo Cemetery near Cherry Creek under the direction of the Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Mr. Bowker entered the spirit world November 8, 2009 at the Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, TX.
Coke was born April 15, 1935 at Cheyenne River Agency in South Dakota to Gatsey Raven and Henry Bowker.
He attended the Cheyenne River Boarding School, and graduated in 1955.
Coke served in the Navy from 1955 - 1959, and sailed in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He was proud to be a veteran.
Coke came to Texas in 1960. He married Rechinda Cook of Cherry Creek, South Dakota, and moved his family to Azle, Texas, residing there for 38 years.
He was employed by the Ft. Worth Post Office where he worked 40 years as a mail handler.
Coke became a member of the Arlington Iron Benders Horseshoe Pitching Club in 1977. Billing himself as "Mister Flingaringa," he won the Texas State Horseshoe Men's Championship 15 times and dominated the last three decades of Texas horseshoe pitching. Coke also owns five second-place State Championships. He once pitched an incredible 41 consecutive ringers in a league game, finishing the contest with 48 ringers out of 50 shoes.
He also was a regular contender at the World Championships. He played with the great legends of horseshoe pitchers. From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley, and from the Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend across the Hill Country to the Piney Woods, his name is legendary.
Coke and Rechinda were committed supporters of the Native American Indian community in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, attending powwows and participating in fund raisers for local needs.
He is survived by his wife, Rechinda of Azle, TX; son Burke "Jojo" Bowker of Azle, TX; two grandsons, Ryan Mathew Bowker of Sterling City, TX and Sebastian Bowker of Hydeburg, AK; two sisters, Donna Clausen of Eagle Butte, SD and Gloria Two Crow of Dallas, TX; one brother Hank Bowker of Aberdeen, SD; numerous nieces and nephews; and, a host of friends who will miss him dearly.
Coke is preceded in death by his son, Coquelle "Coco" Gene Bowker, Jr.; his mother, Gatsey Raven Bowker; his father, Henry Bowker; a sister, Marilyn Joy Bowker; and one brother, Rockne Bowker.
AZLE, TEXAS - Coquelle 'Coke' Gene Bowker, 74, Azle, Texas, and formerly of the Eagle Butte, S.D., and Dupree, S.D., area, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington.
Services were held Saturday, Nov. 14, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte. Burial was at Buffalo Cemetery, near Cherry Creek, S.D., under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge, S.D.
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 11/15/2009
Burial will be at the Buffalo Cemetery near Cherry Creek under the direction of the Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Mr. Bowker entered the spirit world November 8, 2009 at the Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, TX.
Coke was born April 15, 1935 at Cheyenne River Agency in South Dakota to Gatsey Raven and Henry Bowker.
He attended the Cheyenne River Boarding School, and graduated in 1955.
Coke served in the Navy from 1955 - 1959, and sailed in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He was proud to be a veteran.
Coke came to Texas in 1960. He married Rechinda Cook of Cherry Creek, South Dakota, and moved his family to Azle, Texas, residing there for 38 years.
He was employed by the Ft. Worth Post Office where he worked 40 years as a mail handler.
Coke became a member of the Arlington Iron Benders Horseshoe Pitching Club in 1977. Billing himself as "Mister Flingaringa," he won the Texas State Horseshoe Men's Championship 15 times and dominated the last three decades of Texas horseshoe pitching. Coke also owns five second-place State Championships. He once pitched an incredible 41 consecutive ringers in a league game, finishing the contest with 48 ringers out of 50 shoes.
He also was a regular contender at the World Championships. He played with the great legends of horseshoe pitchers. From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley, and from the Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend across the Hill Country to the Piney Woods, his name is legendary.
Coke and Rechinda were committed supporters of the Native American Indian community in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, attending powwows and participating in fund raisers for local needs.
He is survived by his wife, Rechinda of Azle, TX; son Burke "Jojo" Bowker of Azle, TX; two grandsons, Ryan Mathew Bowker of Sterling City, TX and Sebastian Bowker of Hydeburg, AK; two sisters, Donna Clausen of Eagle Butte, SD and Gloria Two Crow of Dallas, TX; one brother Hank Bowker of Aberdeen, SD; numerous nieces and nephews; and, a host of friends who will miss him dearly.
Coke is preceded in death by his son, Coquelle "Coco" Gene Bowker, Jr.; his mother, Gatsey Raven Bowker; his father, Henry Bowker; a sister, Marilyn Joy Bowker; and one brother, Rockne Bowker.
AZLE, TEXAS - Coquelle 'Coke' Gene Bowker, 74, Azle, Texas, and formerly of the Eagle Butte, S.D., and Dupree, S.D., area, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington.
Services were held Saturday, Nov. 14, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte. Burial was at Buffalo Cemetery, near Cherry Creek, S.D., under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge, S.D.
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 11/15/2009
Funeral services for Coquelle "Coke" Gene Bowker, age 74, of Azle, Texas and formerly of the Eagle Butte and Dupree area, will be 10 AM, MT, November 14, at the St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte, SD.
Burial will be at the Buffalo Cemetery near Cherry Creek under the direction of the Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Mr. Bowker entered the spirit world November 8, 2009 at the Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, TX.
Coke was born April 15, 1935 at Cheyenne River Agency in South Dakota to Gatsey Raven and Henry Bowker.
He attended the Cheyenne River Boarding School, and graduated in 1955.
Coke served in the Navy from 1955 - 1959, and sailed in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He was proud to be a veteran.
Coke came to Texas in 1960. He married Rechinda Cook of Cherry Creek, South Dakota, and moved his family to Azle, Texas, residing there for 38 years.
He was employed by the Ft. Worth Post Office where he worked 40 years as a mail handler.
Coke became a member of the Arlington Iron Benders Horseshoe Pitching Club in 1977. Billing himself as "Mister Flingaringa," he won the Texas State Horseshoe Men's Championship 15 times and dominated the last three decades of Texas horseshoe pitching. Coke also owns five second-place State Championships. He once pitched an incredible 41 consecutive ringers in a league game, finishing the contest with 48 ringers out of 50 shoes.
He also was a regular contender at the World Championships. He played with the great legends of horseshoe pitchers. From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley, and from the Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend across the Hill Country to the Piney Woods, his name is legendary.
Coke and Rechinda were committed supporters of the Native American Indian community in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, attending powwows and participating in fund raisers for local needs.
He is survived by his wife, Rechinda of Azle, TX; son Burke "Jojo" Bowker of Azle, TX; two grandsons, Ryan Mathew Bowker of Sterling City, TX and Sebastian Bowker of Hydeburg, AK; two sisters, Donna Clausen of Eagle Butte, SD and Gloria Two Crow of Dallas, TX; one brother Hank Bowker of Aberdeen, SD; numerous nieces and nephews; and, a host of friends who will miss him dearly.
Coke is preceded in death by his son, Coquelle "Coco" Gene Bowker, Jr.; his mother, Gatsey Raven Bowker; his father, Henry Bowker; a sister, Marilyn Joy Bowker; and one brother, Rockne Bowker.
AZLE, TEXAS - Coquelle 'Coke' Gene Bowker, 74, Azle, Texas, and formerly of the Eagle Butte, S.D., and Dupree, S.D., area, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington.
Services were held Saturday, Nov. 14, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte. Burial was at Buffalo Cemetery, near Cherry Creek, S.D., under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge, S.D.
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 11/15/2009
Burial will be at the Buffalo Cemetery near Cherry Creek under the direction of the Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Mr. Bowker entered the spirit world November 8, 2009 at the Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, TX.
Coke was born April 15, 1935 at Cheyenne River Agency in South Dakota to Gatsey Raven and Henry Bowker.
He attended the Cheyenne River Boarding School, and graduated in 1955.
Coke served in the Navy from 1955 - 1959, and sailed in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He was proud to be a veteran.
Coke came to Texas in 1960. He married Rechinda Cook of Cherry Creek, South Dakota, and moved his family to Azle, Texas, residing there for 38 years.
He was employed by the Ft. Worth Post Office where he worked 40 years as a mail handler.
Coke became a member of the Arlington Iron Benders Horseshoe Pitching Club in 1977. Billing himself as "Mister Flingaringa," he won the Texas State Horseshoe Men's Championship 15 times and dominated the last three decades of Texas horseshoe pitching. Coke also owns five second-place State Championships. He once pitched an incredible 41 consecutive ringers in a league game, finishing the contest with 48 ringers out of 50 shoes.
He also was a regular contender at the World Championships. He played with the great legends of horseshoe pitchers. From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley, and from the Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend across the Hill Country to the Piney Woods, his name is legendary.
Coke and Rechinda were committed supporters of the Native American Indian community in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, attending powwows and participating in fund raisers for local needs.
He is survived by his wife, Rechinda of Azle, TX; son Burke "Jojo" Bowker of Azle, TX; two grandsons, Ryan Mathew Bowker of Sterling City, TX and Sebastian Bowker of Hydeburg, AK; two sisters, Donna Clausen of Eagle Butte, SD and Gloria Two Crow of Dallas, TX; one brother Hank Bowker of Aberdeen, SD; numerous nieces and nephews; and, a host of friends who will miss him dearly.
Coke is preceded in death by his son, Coquelle "Coco" Gene Bowker, Jr.; his mother, Gatsey Raven Bowker; his father, Henry Bowker; a sister, Marilyn Joy Bowker; and one brother, Rockne Bowker.
AZLE, TEXAS - Coquelle 'Coke' Gene Bowker, 74, Azle, Texas, and formerly of the Eagle Butte, S.D., and Dupree, S.D., area, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington.
Services were held Saturday, Nov. 14, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Eagle Butte. Burial was at Buffalo Cemetery, near Cherry Creek, S.D., under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge, S.D.
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 11/15/2009
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