Elizabeth Madeleine Bowden-Smith, resident of Palo Alto, passed away Friday, December 3 at her home in Palo Alto at the age of 65 after a four month struggle with cancer.
One of four daughters, she was born to Kathryn Louise Miller Bowden and Richard William Bowden on January 25, 1945 in Shreveport, LA. In her youth, her father's military postings took her family across the U.S. and Pacific Basin, and in 1963 she graduated from Taipei American H.S. In 1968 she received a B.S. in Microbiology from San Diego State University and later received a master's degree in Medical Technology. She received a second master's degree from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in 1998. She worked as a state-licensed marriage and family therapist in Palo Alto and was an environmental educator at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills for 26 years. In both, she found joy in working with children and young adults. Her environmental education work took her to classrooms across the Bay Area, and she led many thousands of these children through the Hidden Villa farm and wilderness. She was also an active member of St. Mark's church of Palo Alto where she was known for her seasonal liturgical art installations.
A service will be held at 7pm on January 8th, 2011 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Street, Palo Alto. Gifts may be made to the Elizabeth Bowden-Smith Memorial Endowment Fund at Hidden Villa.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on January 4, 2011.
One of four daughters, she was born to Kathryn Louise Miller Bowden and Richard William Bowden on January 25, 1945 in Shreveport, LA. In her youth, her father's military postings took her family across the U.S. and Pacific Basin, and in 1963 she graduated from Taipei American H.S. In 1968 she received a B.S. in Microbiology from San Diego State University and later received a master's degree in Medical Technology. She received a second master's degree from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in 1998. She worked as a state-licensed marriage and family therapist in Palo Alto and was an environmental educator at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills for 26 years. In both, she found joy in working with children and young adults. Her environmental education work took her to classrooms across the Bay Area, and she led many thousands of these children through the Hidden Villa farm and wilderness. She was also an active member of St. Mark's church of Palo Alto where she was known for her seasonal liturgical art installations.
A service will be held at 7pm on January 8th, 2011 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Street, Palo Alto. Gifts may be made to the Elizabeth Bowden-Smith Memorial Endowment Fund at Hidden Villa.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on January 4, 2011.
Elizabeth Madeleine Bowden-Smith, resident of Palo Alto, passed away Friday, December 3 at her home in Palo Alto at the age of 65 after a four month struggle with cancer.
One of four daughters, she was born to Kathryn Louise Miller Bowden and Richard William Bowden on January 25, 1945 in Shreveport, LA. In her youth, her father's military postings took her family across the U.S. and Pacific Basin, and in 1963 she graduated from Taipei American H.S. In 1968 she received a B.S. in Microbiology from San Diego State University and later received a master's degree in Medical Technology. She received a second master's degree from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in 1998. She worked as a state-licensed marriage and family therapist in Palo Alto and was an environmental educator at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills for 26 years. In both, she found joy in working with children and young adults. Her environmental education work took her to classrooms across the Bay Area, and she led many thousands of these children through the Hidden Villa farm and wilderness. She was also an active member of St. Mark's church of Palo Alto where she was known for her seasonal liturgical art installations.
A service will be held at 7pm on January 8th, 2011 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Street, Palo Alto. Gifts may be made to the Elizabeth Bowden-Smith Memorial Endowment Fund at Hidden Villa.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on January 4, 2011.
One of four daughters, she was born to Kathryn Louise Miller Bowden and Richard William Bowden on January 25, 1945 in Shreveport, LA. In her youth, her father's military postings took her family across the U.S. and Pacific Basin, and in 1963 she graduated from Taipei American H.S. In 1968 she received a B.S. in Microbiology from San Diego State University and later received a master's degree in Medical Technology. She received a second master's degree from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in 1998. She worked as a state-licensed marriage and family therapist in Palo Alto and was an environmental educator at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills for 26 years. In both, she found joy in working with children and young adults. Her environmental education work took her to classrooms across the Bay Area, and she led many thousands of these children through the Hidden Villa farm and wilderness. She was also an active member of St. Mark's church of Palo Alto where she was known for her seasonal liturgical art installations.
A service will be held at 7pm on January 8th, 2011 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Street, Palo Alto. Gifts may be made to the Elizabeth Bowden-Smith Memorial Endowment Fund at Hidden Villa.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on January 4, 2011.
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