He was the ninth of ten children. When he was six years old the family moved to their property on Riverside Rd. in Caldwell, where they lived in the barn while the house was being built. As a, he and his family worked in the onion fields to earn money for school clothes. At sixteen, he left school and went to work the sheep camps. When he was twenty, he and his younger Bobby volunteered for the 1960 draft in order to stay together. They served two years at Fort Sam Houston, in Texas, as noncombatants.
After returning, he was baptized into the Followers of Christ Church, where he remained faithful until the end.
He met and then married Ilene Eells on April 23, 1965. They made their home on the family's property in Caldwell.
He retired July 16, 2008 after working thirty-seven years for the Boise Project Board of Control.
He was preceded in death by his wife Ilene; parents; three brothers; four sisters; and two daughters.
He is survived by two brothers; Harold and Roland Bowers, and his daughters: Colette Bowers, Lynette and Toby Young, Vanitta and Adam, LeAnn Bowers, Rebekah and Greg Milburn, Rachel Bowers, a son Reuben and Amy Bowers and nine grandchildren.
Peaceful Valley Cemetery
Marsing, ID
He was the ninth of ten children. When he was six years old the family moved to their property on Riverside Rd. in Caldwell, where they lived in the barn while the house was being built. As a, he and his family worked in the onion fields to earn money for school clothes. At sixteen, he left school and went to work the sheep camps. When he was twenty, he and his younger Bobby volunteered for the 1960 draft in order to stay together. They served two years at Fort Sam Houston, in Texas, as noncombatants.
After returning, he was baptized into the Followers of Christ Church, where he remained faithful until the end.
He met and then married Ilene Eells on April 23, 1965. They made their home on the family's property in Caldwell.
He retired July 16, 2008 after working thirty-seven years for the Boise Project Board of Control.
He was preceded in death by his wife Ilene; parents; three brothers; four sisters; and two daughters.
He is survived by two brothers; Harold and Roland Bowers, and his daughters: Colette Bowers, Lynette and Toby Young, Vanitta and Adam, LeAnn Bowers, Rebekah and Greg Milburn, Rachel Bowers, a son Reuben and Amy Bowers and nine grandchildren.
Peaceful Valley Cemetery
Marsing, ID
Family Members
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Sibyl Pauline Bowers Sevy
1919–2004
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Leah Lorene Bowers Cunningham
1921–2001
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Blanche Gail Bowers Kester
1924–2015
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John Samuel "Junior" Bowers
1926–2000
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Coetta Mae Bowers Keith
1927–1990
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Melvin Howard Bowers
1931–1993
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Harold Dean Bowers
1933–2021
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Roland Lee "Rollie" Bowers Sr
1936–2022
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Bobby Ray Bowers
1941–2013
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