Obituary for Dora Louise Bowen
Mrs. Dora Bowen was born in Water Valley, MS on June 11th 1931, the daughter of Wesley Sr. and Etta Booker Ragland. She traded time for eternity on Saturday August 15, 2020 at home in Holland OH. She was 89 years of age.
Dora married Eldred B. Bowen Sr. on March the 15, 1947. They established residency in Toledo, OH in 1950. The Bowen family later moved to the Holland area raising eight children and she lived there until her demise.
Mrs. Bowen and her husband joined St. Paul A.M.E. Zion church and was active until her health began to fail. Raising eight children during this time they ran a neighborhood grocery store after which she was employed at Mullinix Nursing Home in Monclova and later was employed with the Pilliod Cabinet Company in Swanton, OH as a furniture maker for twenty-seven years retiring in 1993.
After retirement she spent many hours with friends at the Spencer Sharples Community Center. She enjoyed word search and crossword puzzles, and Domino's the game came with instruction but we played by her rules .
Mrs. Dora L. Bowen was preceded in death by husband Eldred Sr. parents, son Eldred Jr. (3) sisters, and one brother, son-in-law James Hall Sr., grandson Horace Robert Charles Gist, and Great- granddaughter Sarvieyana Bowen.
Mrs. Dora is survived by sons Larry A. (Tina R.) Toledo,OH, and Clenoyd Bowen, Holland,OH. Daughters Sondra Bowen, Sylvania, OH, Linda King, Rev. Mellody Bowen-Hall, Holland, OH, Deborah (Henry) Dowell Sr., Sherry Bowen, both of the Atlanta, GA area. God daughter Rita Hudson, Louisville KY. Sisters-in-law Elma Johnson, Lansing, Ml., and Lunora (Johnny) Yarbrough of Irondale, Ala. Twenty-one Grand Children, Forty+ Great-Grand Children and 3+ Great-Great Grand Children as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends.
Special Thanks to Maria, Brandon, Kathy, Chapline Dale, and the staff of Heartland Hospice of Perrysburg and the staff of The House of Day Funeral Services
Dora married Eldred B. Bowen Sr. on March the 15, 1947. They established residency in Toledo, OH in 1950. The Bowen family later moved to the Holland area raising eight children and she lived there until her demise.
Mrs. Bowen and her husband joined St. Paul A.M.E. Zion church and was active until her health began to fail. Raising eight children during this time they ran a neighborhood grocery store after which she was employed at Mullinix Nursing Home in Monclova and later was employed with the Pilliod Cabinet Company in Swanton, OH as a furniture maker for twenty-seven years retiring in 1993.
After retirement she spent many hours with friends at the Spencer Sharples Community Center. She enjoyed word search and crossword puzzles, and Domino's the game came with instruction but we played by her rules .
Mrs. Dora L. Bowen was preceded in death by husband Eldred Sr. parents, son Eldred Jr. (3) sisters, and one brother, son-in-law James Hall Sr., grandson Horace Robert Charles Gist, and Great- granddaughter Sarvieyana Bowen.
Mrs. Dora is survived by sons Larry A. (Tina R.) Toledo,OH, and Clenoyd Bowen, Holland,OH. Daughters Sondra Bowen, Sylvania, OH, Linda King, Rev. Mellody Bowen-Hall, Holland, OH, Deborah (Henry) Dowell Sr., Sherry Bowen, both of the Atlanta, GA area. God daughter Rita Hudson, Louisville KY. Sisters-in-law Elma Johnson, Lansing, Ml., and Lunora (Johnny) Yarbrough of Irondale, Ala. Twenty-one Grand Children, Forty+ Great-Grand Children and 3+ Great-Great Grand Children as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends.
Special Thanks to Maria, Brandon, Kathy, Chapline Dale, and the staff of Heartland Hospice of Perrysburg and the staff of The House of Day Funeral Services