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Velma
L Bowman COLFAX
~ Velma L. Bowman, 84, of Colfax died Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Careage of Newton.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Colfax United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Jill Flyr officiating. Burial will be at Colfax Cemetery.
Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax is handling arrangements. Friends
may call after noon Friday at the funeral home where family will be available from
6 to 8 p.m.
The
daughter of Burtis Wayne and Hazel Claire Pullen Hall, she was born Nov. 28,
1917, in Van Tassel, Wyo. She graduated from Harrison High School in Harrison,
Neb. On June 12, 1943, she married Norman Bowman in Kimball, Neb. She has been a
resident of Colfax since 1958. Mrs. Bowman worked as a steam presser and dry
cleaner in Des Moines and Newton. She was a member of the Colfax United
Methodist Church and enjoyed needlework and quilting. Survivors
include a son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Terry of Nevada, two daughters and
sons-in-law, Norma and Gary Raulins of Colfax and Bonnie and Chris Mullenax of
Kentwood, Miss., five grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, six
great-grandchildren and a sister, Gemila Stetson of Lusk, Wyo. She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters and an infant
brother. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, December 20, 2001. |
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