Don, 87, passed away at 7:46 a.m., at his home.
He was the son of John Wesley and Mary Ellen (Brown) Bowers. On Jun 2, 1950, he married Gloria J. Curl, who survives in Elida.
Also surviving are three sons: Don (Patty), West Jefferson, Bill (Vickie), Elida, and Gerry (Teresa), Hanover, IN; two daughters: Patti (Jim) Foster and Mary (Rick) Kirkendall, both Elida; and twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a granddaughter, Sarah Foster; five brothers: Thursey, John Wesley (Eva), Homer (Leota), Dale (Imogene) and Robert (Eloris) Bowers; and six sisters: Sylvia (John) Richardson, Thelma Bowers, Florence (Gerald Leatherman) Caywood, Helen (Chet) Zimmerman, Marjory (Claude) Page and Lois (Jim) Parlette.
A graduate of Shawnee High School, he retired from Westinghouse as a Manufacturing Engineer after 40 years. He enjoyed wood working and was an avid wood carver. He was a member of the Lima Wood Carvers and was a dedicated member of Lima Baptist Temple Church. He was a Godly man who loved telling stories, playing pranks and most of all loved spending time with his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at Lima Baptist Temple, with Pastor Gary Hohman officiating. Burial will follow in Hartford Cemetery.
He was the son of John Wesley and Mary Ellen (Brown) Bowers. On Jun 2, 1950, he married Gloria J. Curl, who survives in Elida.
Also surviving are three sons: Don (Patty), West Jefferson, Bill (Vickie), Elida, and Gerry (Teresa), Hanover, IN; two daughters: Patti (Jim) Foster and Mary (Rick) Kirkendall, both Elida; and twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a granddaughter, Sarah Foster; five brothers: Thursey, John Wesley (Eva), Homer (Leota), Dale (Imogene) and Robert (Eloris) Bowers; and six sisters: Sylvia (John) Richardson, Thelma Bowers, Florence (Gerald Leatherman) Caywood, Helen (Chet) Zimmerman, Marjory (Claude) Page and Lois (Jim) Parlette.
A graduate of Shawnee High School, he retired from Westinghouse as a Manufacturing Engineer after 40 years. He enjoyed wood working and was an avid wood carver. He was a member of the Lima Wood Carvers and was a dedicated member of Lima Baptist Temple Church. He was a Godly man who loved telling stories, playing pranks and most of all loved spending time with his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at Lima Baptist Temple, with Pastor Gary Hohman officiating. Burial will follow in Hartford Cemetery.
Don, 87, passed away at 7:46 a.m., at his home.
He was the son of John Wesley and Mary Ellen (Brown) Bowers. On Jun 2, 1950, he married Gloria J. Curl, who survives in Elida.
Also surviving are three sons: Don (Patty), West Jefferson, Bill (Vickie), Elida, and Gerry (Teresa), Hanover, IN; two daughters: Patti (Jim) Foster and Mary (Rick) Kirkendall, both Elida; and twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a granddaughter, Sarah Foster; five brothers: Thursey, John Wesley (Eva), Homer (Leota), Dale (Imogene) and Robert (Eloris) Bowers; and six sisters: Sylvia (John) Richardson, Thelma Bowers, Florence (Gerald Leatherman) Caywood, Helen (Chet) Zimmerman, Marjory (Claude) Page and Lois (Jim) Parlette.
A graduate of Shawnee High School, he retired from Westinghouse as a Manufacturing Engineer after 40 years. He enjoyed wood working and was an avid wood carver. He was a member of the Lima Wood Carvers and was a dedicated member of Lima Baptist Temple Church. He was a Godly man who loved telling stories, playing pranks and most of all loved spending time with his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at Lima Baptist Temple, with Pastor Gary Hohman officiating. Burial will follow in Hartford Cemetery.
He was the son of John Wesley and Mary Ellen (Brown) Bowers. On Jun 2, 1950, he married Gloria J. Curl, who survives in Elida.
Also surviving are three sons: Don (Patty), West Jefferson, Bill (Vickie), Elida, and Gerry (Teresa), Hanover, IN; two daughters: Patti (Jim) Foster and Mary (Rick) Kirkendall, both Elida; and twelve grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a granddaughter, Sarah Foster; five brothers: Thursey, John Wesley (Eva), Homer (Leota), Dale (Imogene) and Robert (Eloris) Bowers; and six sisters: Sylvia (John) Richardson, Thelma Bowers, Florence (Gerald Leatherman) Caywood, Helen (Chet) Zimmerman, Marjory (Claude) Page and Lois (Jim) Parlette.
A graduate of Shawnee High School, he retired from Westinghouse as a Manufacturing Engineer after 40 years. He enjoyed wood working and was an avid wood carver. He was a member of the Lima Wood Carvers and was a dedicated member of Lima Baptist Temple Church. He was a Godly man who loved telling stories, playing pranks and most of all loved spending time with his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services will be at Lima Baptist Temple, with Pastor Gary Hohman officiating. Burial will follow in Hartford Cemetery.
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