Bill Bowman was the father of my first husband, and the grandfather of my children. He died relatively young in Hemet, California before my son's first birthday. He is buried in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery next to his wife, Ruth Marjorie Hall Bowman.
This obituary was taken from the Daily Enterprise,Valley Edition, Riverside, California, Tuesday, September 15, 1964.
William Bowman Hemet - Funeral services for William Henry Bowman, 50, will be held at 10 this morning, Harford Funeral Home in Hemet with Rev. Paul Wilkerson and Rev. Edward Rodda officiating.
services todayBowman, 40399 Acacia, died Saturday at Hemet Valley District Hospital. He had been a Hemet resident for 20 months.
He leaves his widow Ruth H. Bowman of the home address; three children: Jeffrey H. Bowman and Mrs. Cynthia Herth, both of Hemet, and Gregory W. Bowman of Riverside; his mother Mrs. Thomas Johnson of Kentucky; a brother Hubert Bowman of Dayton, Ohio, and two sisters; Mrs. Lee Eagers and Mrs. Steve Hendricks, both of Cincinnati, Ohio. There are two grandchildren.
Burial will be at San Jacinto Valley Cemetery.
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