Betty Bowden
BORN: June 17, 1944
DIED: September 13, 2012
LOCATION: Hugo, Oklahoma
Betty Arlene Bowden was born June 17, 1944 in Talihina, Oklahoma, the daughter of Nicholas Alexander Cochnauer and Nora (Anderson) Cochnauer and had lived most of her life in the Sawyer and Hugo area.
She is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers: Dixon Cochnauer, Lee Cochnauer, Stanley Cochnauer and Marion Cochnauer; one sister, Vickey Felter and one sister-in-law; Barbara Cochnauer.
Betty was a homemaker and had worked as a bookkeeper for Harbor's Mini Mart in Sawyer. She was also a supervisor for Triple Edge in Hugo; Betty took her state merit test and scored so high in the science essay that she was offered a job with NASA in Houston, TX; however, she turned it down choosing to stay home with her younger children that were still in school.
Survivors include: Her first husband of 24 years, George Bowden of Sawyer and her second husband, Garlan Leslie of Hugo; three sons, Rodney Bowden of Sawyer, OK, Kevin Bowden of Antlers, OK, and Sean Bowden of Hugo, OK; four daughters: Treina Bowden, Rebecca Bowden and Regina Bowden all of Hugo, OK and Pamela Benjaman of Sawyer, OK; three brothers, Bill Cochnauer, Bobby Cochnauer, N.H. Cochnauer all of Hugo; a special nephew that she loved dearly like a son, Dennis Cochnauer and special niece that she loved dearly like a daughter, Nannette Roshell Steakley of McKinney, TX; nine grandchildren, Meghan Benjaman, Alyx Bowden, Hayley Bowden, Trevor Bowden, Skylar Chastain, Raven Bowden, Lynzee Smith, Kanyon Bowden and Chance Bowden; one great grandson, Preston William Benjaman-Sewell along with many other family and friends.
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BORN: June 17, 1944
DIED: September 13, 2012
LOCATION: Hugo, Oklahoma
Betty Arlene Bowden was born June 17, 1944 in Talihina, Oklahoma, the daughter of Nicholas Alexander Cochnauer and Nora (Anderson) Cochnauer and had lived most of her life in the Sawyer and Hugo area.
She is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers: Dixon Cochnauer, Lee Cochnauer, Stanley Cochnauer and Marion Cochnauer; one sister, Vickey Felter and one sister-in-law; Barbara Cochnauer.
Betty was a homemaker and had worked as a bookkeeper for Harbor's Mini Mart in Sawyer. She was also a supervisor for Triple Edge in Hugo; Betty took her state merit test and scored so high in the science essay that she was offered a job with NASA in Houston, TX; however, she turned it down choosing to stay home with her younger children that were still in school.
Survivors include: Her first husband of 24 years, George Bowden of Sawyer and her second husband, Garlan Leslie of Hugo; three sons, Rodney Bowden of Sawyer, OK, Kevin Bowden of Antlers, OK, and Sean Bowden of Hugo, OK; four daughters: Treina Bowden, Rebecca Bowden and Regina Bowden all of Hugo, OK and Pamela Benjaman of Sawyer, OK; three brothers, Bill Cochnauer, Bobby Cochnauer, N.H. Cochnauer all of Hugo; a special nephew that she loved dearly like a son, Dennis Cochnauer and special niece that she loved dearly like a daughter, Nannette Roshell Steakley of McKinney, TX; nine grandchildren, Meghan Benjaman, Alyx Bowden, Hayley Bowden, Trevor Bowden, Skylar Chastain, Raven Bowden, Lynzee Smith, Kanyon Bowden and Chance Bowden; one great grandson, Preston William Benjaman-Sewell along with many other family and friends.
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Betty Bowden
BORN: June 17, 1944
DIED: September 13, 2012
LOCATION: Hugo, Oklahoma
Betty Arlene Bowden was born June 17, 1944 in Talihina, Oklahoma, the daughter of Nicholas Alexander Cochnauer and Nora (Anderson) Cochnauer and had lived most of her life in the Sawyer and Hugo area.
She is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers: Dixon Cochnauer, Lee Cochnauer, Stanley Cochnauer and Marion Cochnauer; one sister, Vickey Felter and one sister-in-law; Barbara Cochnauer.
Betty was a homemaker and had worked as a bookkeeper for Harbor's Mini Mart in Sawyer. She was also a supervisor for Triple Edge in Hugo; Betty took her state merit test and scored so high in the science essay that she was offered a job with NASA in Houston, TX; however, she turned it down choosing to stay home with her younger children that were still in school.
Survivors include: Her first husband of 24 years, George Bowden of Sawyer and her second husband, Garlan Leslie of Hugo; three sons, Rodney Bowden of Sawyer, OK, Kevin Bowden of Antlers, OK, and Sean Bowden of Hugo, OK; four daughters: Treina Bowden, Rebecca Bowden and Regina Bowden all of Hugo, OK and Pamela Benjaman of Sawyer, OK; three brothers, Bill Cochnauer, Bobby Cochnauer, N.H. Cochnauer all of Hugo; a special nephew that she loved dearly like a son, Dennis Cochnauer and special niece that she loved dearly like a daughter, Nannette Roshell Steakley of McKinney, TX; nine grandchildren, Meghan Benjaman, Alyx Bowden, Hayley Bowden, Trevor Bowden, Skylar Chastain, Raven Bowden, Lynzee Smith, Kanyon Bowden and Chance Bowden; one great grandson, Preston William Benjaman-Sewell along with many other family and friends.
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BORN: June 17, 1944
DIED: September 13, 2012
LOCATION: Hugo, Oklahoma
Betty Arlene Bowden was born June 17, 1944 in Talihina, Oklahoma, the daughter of Nicholas Alexander Cochnauer and Nora (Anderson) Cochnauer and had lived most of her life in the Sawyer and Hugo area.
She is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers: Dixon Cochnauer, Lee Cochnauer, Stanley Cochnauer and Marion Cochnauer; one sister, Vickey Felter and one sister-in-law; Barbara Cochnauer.
Betty was a homemaker and had worked as a bookkeeper for Harbor's Mini Mart in Sawyer. She was also a supervisor for Triple Edge in Hugo; Betty took her state merit test and scored so high in the science essay that she was offered a job with NASA in Houston, TX; however, she turned it down choosing to stay home with her younger children that were still in school.
Survivors include: Her first husband of 24 years, George Bowden of Sawyer and her second husband, Garlan Leslie of Hugo; three sons, Rodney Bowden of Sawyer, OK, Kevin Bowden of Antlers, OK, and Sean Bowden of Hugo, OK; four daughters: Treina Bowden, Rebecca Bowden and Regina Bowden all of Hugo, OK and Pamela Benjaman of Sawyer, OK; three brothers, Bill Cochnauer, Bobby Cochnauer, N.H. Cochnauer all of Hugo; a special nephew that she loved dearly like a son, Dennis Cochnauer and special niece that she loved dearly like a daughter, Nannette Roshell Steakley of McKinney, TX; nine grandchildren, Meghan Benjaman, Alyx Bowden, Hayley Bowden, Trevor Bowden, Skylar Chastain, Raven Bowden, Lynzee Smith, Kanyon Bowden and Chance Bowden; one great grandson, Preston William Benjaman-Sewell along with many other family and friends.
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