Bowman, age 52, of Fairland Rt. 1, formerly a resident of Veedersburg and Avon, died Thursday, March 5, at his home. Death was due to natural causes. He had been ill only a short time.
Mr. Bowman was born May 3, 1917, in Veedersburg, the son of Elliott and Effie Banta Bowman. He had resided in Fairland since Sep 1969, prior to which he resided in Kingman and Avon for two years. He was married April 13, 1941 to Mildred Bass, who survives.
He was employed as a sales representative for the Inter-Lake Steel Corp. of Indianapolis, attended Indiana University and was a graduate of Butler University. He engaged in athletics while in school, was a member of the 1-Men's Association at Indiana University and was basketball and football coach at high schools in Lowell and Griffith.
A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Veedersburg American Legion Post and of the Veedersburg Christian Church.
Surviving, in addition to the wife, are: three daughters, Mrs Gordon (Jenny) Overton and Mrs. Lynda Mendell, both of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Gene (Susan) Austin of Lizton; two sons, John, a student at Sam Houston University, Huntsville, Tex., and Jeff at home; one sister, Mrs. Thelma Smick of Hammond; and three brothers, Bruce Bowman of Veedersburg, Joe Bowman of Rockville and Allen Bowman of St. John.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 am Monday at the Sleeth Funeral Home in Shelbyville. The Rev. Richard Rasche officiated and burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery at Shelbyville.
Mr. Bowman was born May 3, 1917, in Veedersburg, the son of Elliott and Effie Banta Bowman. He had resided in Fairland since Sep 1969, prior to which he resided in Kingman and Avon for two years. He was married April 13, 1941 to Mildred Bass, who survives.
He was employed as a sales representative for the Inter-Lake Steel Corp. of Indianapolis, attended Indiana University and was a graduate of Butler University. He engaged in athletics while in school, was a member of the 1-Men's Association at Indiana University and was basketball and football coach at high schools in Lowell and Griffith.
A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Veedersburg American Legion Post and of the Veedersburg Christian Church.
Surviving, in addition to the wife, are: three daughters, Mrs Gordon (Jenny) Overton and Mrs. Lynda Mendell, both of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Gene (Susan) Austin of Lizton; two sons, John, a student at Sam Houston University, Huntsville, Tex., and Jeff at home; one sister, Mrs. Thelma Smick of Hammond; and three brothers, Bruce Bowman of Veedersburg, Joe Bowman of Rockville and Allen Bowman of St. John.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 am Monday at the Sleeth Funeral Home in Shelbyville. The Rev. Richard Rasche officiated and burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery at Shelbyville.
Bowman, age 52, of Fairland Rt. 1, formerly a resident of Veedersburg and Avon, died Thursday, March 5, at his home. Death was due to natural causes. He had been ill only a short time.
Mr. Bowman was born May 3, 1917, in Veedersburg, the son of Elliott and Effie Banta Bowman. He had resided in Fairland since Sep 1969, prior to which he resided in Kingman and Avon for two years. He was married April 13, 1941 to Mildred Bass, who survives.
He was employed as a sales representative for the Inter-Lake Steel Corp. of Indianapolis, attended Indiana University and was a graduate of Butler University. He engaged in athletics while in school, was a member of the 1-Men's Association at Indiana University and was basketball and football coach at high schools in Lowell and Griffith.
A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Veedersburg American Legion Post and of the Veedersburg Christian Church.
Surviving, in addition to the wife, are: three daughters, Mrs Gordon (Jenny) Overton and Mrs. Lynda Mendell, both of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Gene (Susan) Austin of Lizton; two sons, John, a student at Sam Houston University, Huntsville, Tex., and Jeff at home; one sister, Mrs. Thelma Smick of Hammond; and three brothers, Bruce Bowman of Veedersburg, Joe Bowman of Rockville and Allen Bowman of St. John.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 am Monday at the Sleeth Funeral Home in Shelbyville. The Rev. Richard Rasche officiated and burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery at Shelbyville.
Mr. Bowman was born May 3, 1917, in Veedersburg, the son of Elliott and Effie Banta Bowman. He had resided in Fairland since Sep 1969, prior to which he resided in Kingman and Avon for two years. He was married April 13, 1941 to Mildred Bass, who survives.
He was employed as a sales representative for the Inter-Lake Steel Corp. of Indianapolis, attended Indiana University and was a graduate of Butler University. He engaged in athletics while in school, was a member of the 1-Men's Association at Indiana University and was basketball and football coach at high schools in Lowell and Griffith.
A Navy veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Veedersburg American Legion Post and of the Veedersburg Christian Church.
Surviving, in addition to the wife, are: three daughters, Mrs Gordon (Jenny) Overton and Mrs. Lynda Mendell, both of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Gene (Susan) Austin of Lizton; two sons, John, a student at Sam Houston University, Huntsville, Tex., and Jeff at home; one sister, Mrs. Thelma Smick of Hammond; and three brothers, Bruce Bowman of Veedersburg, Joe Bowman of Rockville and Allen Bowman of St. John.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 am Monday at the Sleeth Funeral Home in Shelbyville. The Rev. Richard Rasche officiated and burial was in Forest Hill Cemetery at Shelbyville.
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