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William H. “Bill” Bowker Sr.

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William H. “Bill” Bowker Sr.

Birth
Medora, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
Death
24 Jul 2007 (aged 74)
Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, USA
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Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Mooney, Section F, Lot 159
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The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN) 26 Jul 2007 (Thursday, pg. A5)
William Bowker Sr.

William H. "Bill" Bowker Sr., 74, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin. He was a resident of Edinburgh. He was born Feb. 17, 1933, in Medora, Ill., to Truman D. and Ruby (Owens) Bowker. He married Betty J. (Burton) Bowker on Oct. 18, 1952. She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, William H. "Billy" (Sheila) Bowker Jr. and Jeffery L. Bowker, both of Edinburgh; two daughters, Kimberly (Kenneth) Streeval and Janet Bowker, both of Edinburgh; two sisters, Doris Pruitt of Jacksonville, Ill., and Lela Harding of Medora, Ill.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by seven brothers, Milford, Lloyd, Gene, Claude, Walter, Elmer "Tug" and Jim Bowker; and three sisters, Viola Kirchner, Ida Bell Coleman and Anna Mae Bowker.

He was a member of Who So Ever Will Community Church in Edinburgh and Edinburgh American Legion Post 233. He owned and operated Bee Line Signs. He was an avid sports fan, particularly of Indianapolis Colts football and St. Louis Cardinals baseball. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during the Korean War and receiving a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

Services were entrusted to Eskew-Eaton Funeral Home of Edinburgh, Indiana.
The Daily Journal (Franklin, IN) 26 Jul 2007 (Thursday, pg. A5)
William Bowker Sr.

William H. "Bill" Bowker Sr., 74, died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin. He was a resident of Edinburgh. He was born Feb. 17, 1933, in Medora, Ill., to Truman D. and Ruby (Owens) Bowker. He married Betty J. (Burton) Bowker on Oct. 18, 1952. She survives.

Other survivors include two sons, William H. "Billy" (Sheila) Bowker Jr. and Jeffery L. Bowker, both of Edinburgh; two daughters, Kimberly (Kenneth) Streeval and Janet Bowker, both of Edinburgh; two sisters, Doris Pruitt of Jacksonville, Ill., and Lela Harding of Medora, Ill.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by seven brothers, Milford, Lloyd, Gene, Claude, Walter, Elmer "Tug" and Jim Bowker; and three sisters, Viola Kirchner, Ida Bell Coleman and Anna Mae Bowker.

He was a member of Who So Ever Will Community Church in Edinburgh and Edinburgh American Legion Post 233. He owned and operated Bee Line Signs. He was an avid sports fan, particularly of Indianapolis Colts football and St. Louis Cardinals baseball. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during the Korean War and receiving a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

Services were entrusted to Eskew-Eaton Funeral Home of Edinburgh, Indiana.

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  • Maintained by: Mark E. Wirey
  • Originally Created by: JLM
  • Added: Jul 25, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20634311/william_h-bowker: accessed ), memorial page for William H. “Bill” Bowker Sr. (17 Feb 1933–24 Jul 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20634311, citing Rest Haven Cemetery, Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Mark E. Wirey (contributor 46919974).