Mrs. Gertrude Bowman, 68, wife of Russell Bowman, 1417 West Madison street, died at 3:50 a.m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been ill for one week and critical for one day.
She was born in Berne, June 1, 1895, a daughter of John and Rosie Fogle-Ray, and was a lifelong resident of Adams county. She was married to Russell Bowman Jan. 14, 1914.
Mrs. Bowman was a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving in addition to her husband are four sons, Glen and Robert Bowman, both of Decatur, Max Bowman of Dixon, O., and De Layne Bowman of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Juanita) Winer of Battle Creek Mich., 15 grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Treva Werling of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Iva King of Los Angeles, Calif. One daughter, two brothers and one sister are deceased.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home with the Rev. Gerald I. Gerig officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. (Mon. Oct. 14, 1963 )
Mrs. Gertrude Bowman, 68, wife of Russell Bowman, 1417 West Madison street, died at 3:50 a.m. Sunday at the Adams county memorial hospital. She had been ill for one week and critical for one day.
She was born in Berne, June 1, 1895, a daughter of John and Rosie Fogle-Ray, and was a lifelong resident of Adams county. She was married to Russell Bowman Jan. 14, 1914.
Mrs. Bowman was a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving in addition to her husband are four sons, Glen and Robert Bowman, both of Decatur, Max Bowman of Dixon, O., and De Layne Bowman of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Juanita) Winer of Battle Creek Mich., 15 grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Treva Werling of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. Iva King of Los Angeles, Calif. One daughter, two brothers and one sister are deceased.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Winteregg-Linn funeral home with the Rev. Gerald I. Gerig officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today until time of the services. (Mon. Oct. 14, 1963 )
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