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Woodrow Fred “Fred” Bower

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Woodrow Fred “Fred” Bower

Birth
Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas, USA
Death
25 Sep 2015 (aged 96)
Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.6652667, Longitude: -95.442825
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Woodrow "Fred" Bower, 96, passed away September 25, 2015 at the Hospital Hospice in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

Fred was born in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Daniel Everett Bower and Laura Lavona (Hodgden) Bower.

He joined the US Army Air Corps in 1942. He served in the European Theater.

He married Betty Arlene Shepherd and had one child, Dr. Robert Bower of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. They also had one adopted daughter, Arlene.

Survivors are his son, Bob Bower of Wisconsin; and his daughter Arlene; a step-grandson Joe Novotney; 2 nieces, Lolly (Bower) Stoops of Chanute, Kansas and also of Morgan Hill, CA, and Penny Akridge of Chanute, KS, and 2 nephews, Tony Williams of Lake Ozark, MO, and Ron Brower of Girard, KS

He was preceded by his parents; his wife Betty Arlene; 3 brothers, Daniel E. Bower, Jr, Emmett Bower, and Hugh Bower; and 4 sisters, Goldie Bower, Arletta Bower, Nellie Bower, and Ellen E. Bower and his daughter-in-law, Patti Bower.

Graveside funeral services will be October 5, 2015 at Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Kansas.

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Woodrow "Fred" Bower, 96, passed away September 25, 2015 at the Hospital Hospice in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

Fred was born in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Daniel Everett Bower and Laura Lavona (Hodgden) Bower.

He joined the US Army Air Corps in 1942. He served in the European Theater.

He married Betty Arlene Shepherd and had one child, Dr. Robert Bower of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. They also had one adopted daughter, Arlene.

Survivors are his son, Bob Bower of Wisconsin; and his daughter Arlene; a step-grandson Joe Novotney; 2 nieces, Lolly (Bower) Stoops of Chanute, Kansas and also of Morgan Hill, CA, and Penny Akridge of Chanute, KS, and 2 nephews, Tony Williams of Lake Ozark, MO, and Ron Brower of Girard, KS

He was preceded by his parents; his wife Betty Arlene; 3 brothers, Daniel E. Bower, Jr, Emmett Bower, and Hugh Bower; and 4 sisters, Goldie Bower, Arletta Bower, Nellie Bower, and Ellen E. Bower and his daughter-in-law, Patti Bower.

Graveside funeral services will be October 5, 2015 at Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Kansas.

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MARRIED MAY 1, 1945

Gravesite Details

VETERAN - WWII - US ARMY AIR CORPS



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  • Maintained by: jenpa
  • Originally Created by: TiogaRose
  • Added: May 30, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37702344/woodrow_fred-bower: accessed ), memorial page for Woodrow Fred “Fred” Bower (18 Jun 1919–25 Sep 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37702344, citing Memorial Park Cemetery, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by jenpa (contributor 46955481).