Robert ‘Bob’ Allen Bowser was the fourth and last child born on April 26, 1934 to Floss Tomlinson and Elmer Ellsworth Bowser of North Apollo, Pennsylvania.
He completed his formal education in the Vandergrift school system; and after graduation from Vandergrift High School in 1953, he joined the Navy and was stationed in Bainbridge, Maryland on an aircraft carrier for four years. After his tour of duty on the East Coast, he enrolled in Robert Morris Accounting School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania along with working at Pittsburgh National Bank processing loan applications. During his enrollment at Robert Morris he met his wife-to-be, Judy Cain of Sewickley.
After working in Pittsburgh for two years, he decided to rejoin the Navy and was surprised he was stationed to an Oiler off the West Coast in Long Beach, California. There he spent the next four years; but when his tour of duty was over, he and Judy were married and made their home in Long Beach for the next 40 years.
Bob had a great love of music from when he was a young boy. He sang in his high school choir, and his church choir doing solo work. After settling in California, his love of music continued where he remained faithful to singing in the church choir in Long Beach and later in his church in Lompoc, California. He also was a member of the Lompoc Master Chorale for 15 years.
Some of Bob’s highlights in his career were working at Long Beach Oil Development for 25 years starting off on the derrick and being promoted to buyer later on. His last 10 years in Long Beach were working in the payroll department at Long Beach City College. He and Judy both retired from Long Beach City College in 2002 and moved to Solvang, California on the Central Coast for three years. They then moved on to Lompoc, California, and this is where they lived for the next 15 years of his life.
Bob and Judy were avid travelers, and over their 55 years of married life took more than 13 cruises to various ports-of-call. They also visited various European countries, the South Pacific, Mexico, and took three extensive driving trips throughout the United States (visiting 45 states) and Canada (from West Coast to East Coast including Nova Scotia).
While searching for his family tree on Ancestry, he found he qualified to be a member of the Sons of the American Revolution of which he belonged for several years.
Bob will be fondly remembered and missed by his wife, several nieces, nephews and cousins. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 1:30 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. He will be laid to rest at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
He completed his formal education in the Vandergrift school system; and after graduation from Vandergrift High School in 1953, he joined the Navy and was stationed in Bainbridge, Maryland on an aircraft carrier for four years. After his tour of duty on the East Coast, he enrolled in Robert Morris Accounting School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania along with working at Pittsburgh National Bank processing loan applications. During his enrollment at Robert Morris he met his wife-to-be, Judy Cain of Sewickley.
After working in Pittsburgh for two years, he decided to rejoin the Navy and was surprised he was stationed to an Oiler off the West Coast in Long Beach, California. There he spent the next four years; but when his tour of duty was over, he and Judy were married and made their home in Long Beach for the next 40 years.
Bob had a great love of music from when he was a young boy. He sang in his high school choir, and his church choir doing solo work. After settling in California, his love of music continued where he remained faithful to singing in the church choir in Long Beach and later in his church in Lompoc, California. He also was a member of the Lompoc Master Chorale for 15 years.
Some of Bob’s highlights in his career were working at Long Beach Oil Development for 25 years starting off on the derrick and being promoted to buyer later on. His last 10 years in Long Beach were working in the payroll department at Long Beach City College. He and Judy both retired from Long Beach City College in 2002 and moved to Solvang, California on the Central Coast for three years. They then moved on to Lompoc, California, and this is where they lived for the next 15 years of his life.
Bob and Judy were avid travelers, and over their 55 years of married life took more than 13 cruises to various ports-of-call. They also visited various European countries, the South Pacific, Mexico, and took three extensive driving trips throughout the United States (visiting 45 states) and Canada (from West Coast to East Coast including Nova Scotia).
While searching for his family tree on Ancestry, he found he qualified to be a member of the Sons of the American Revolution of which he belonged for several years.
Bob will be fondly remembered and missed by his wife, several nieces, nephews and cousins. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 1:30 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. He will be laid to rest at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
Robert ‘Bob’ Allen Bowser was the fourth and last child born on April 26, 1934 to Floss Tomlinson and Elmer Ellsworth Bowser of North Apollo, Pennsylvania.
He completed his formal education in the Vandergrift school system; and after graduation from Vandergrift High School in 1953, he joined the Navy and was stationed in Bainbridge, Maryland on an aircraft carrier for four years. After his tour of duty on the East Coast, he enrolled in Robert Morris Accounting School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania along with working at Pittsburgh National Bank processing loan applications. During his enrollment at Robert Morris he met his wife-to-be, Judy Cain of Sewickley.
After working in Pittsburgh for two years, he decided to rejoin the Navy and was surprised he was stationed to an Oiler off the West Coast in Long Beach, California. There he spent the next four years; but when his tour of duty was over, he and Judy were married and made their home in Long Beach for the next 40 years.
Bob had a great love of music from when he was a young boy. He sang in his high school choir, and his church choir doing solo work. After settling in California, his love of music continued where he remained faithful to singing in the church choir in Long Beach and later in his church in Lompoc, California. He also was a member of the Lompoc Master Chorale for 15 years.
Some of Bob’s highlights in his career were working at Long Beach Oil Development for 25 years starting off on the derrick and being promoted to buyer later on. His last 10 years in Long Beach were working in the payroll department at Long Beach City College. He and Judy both retired from Long Beach City College in 2002 and moved to Solvang, California on the Central Coast for three years. They then moved on to Lompoc, California, and this is where they lived for the next 15 years of his life.
Bob and Judy were avid travelers, and over their 55 years of married life took more than 13 cruises to various ports-of-call. They also visited various European countries, the South Pacific, Mexico, and took three extensive driving trips throughout the United States (visiting 45 states) and Canada (from West Coast to East Coast including Nova Scotia).
While searching for his family tree on Ancestry, he found he qualified to be a member of the Sons of the American Revolution of which he belonged for several years.
Bob will be fondly remembered and missed by his wife, several nieces, nephews and cousins. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 1:30 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. He will be laid to rest at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
He completed his formal education in the Vandergrift school system; and after graduation from Vandergrift High School in 1953, he joined the Navy and was stationed in Bainbridge, Maryland on an aircraft carrier for four years. After his tour of duty on the East Coast, he enrolled in Robert Morris Accounting School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania along with working at Pittsburgh National Bank processing loan applications. During his enrollment at Robert Morris he met his wife-to-be, Judy Cain of Sewickley.
After working in Pittsburgh for two years, he decided to rejoin the Navy and was surprised he was stationed to an Oiler off the West Coast in Long Beach, California. There he spent the next four years; but when his tour of duty was over, he and Judy were married and made their home in Long Beach for the next 40 years.
Bob had a great love of music from when he was a young boy. He sang in his high school choir, and his church choir doing solo work. After settling in California, his love of music continued where he remained faithful to singing in the church choir in Long Beach and later in his church in Lompoc, California. He also was a member of the Lompoc Master Chorale for 15 years.
Some of Bob’s highlights in his career were working at Long Beach Oil Development for 25 years starting off on the derrick and being promoted to buyer later on. His last 10 years in Long Beach were working in the payroll department at Long Beach City College. He and Judy both retired from Long Beach City College in 2002 and moved to Solvang, California on the Central Coast for three years. They then moved on to Lompoc, California, and this is where they lived for the next 15 years of his life.
Bob and Judy were avid travelers, and over their 55 years of married life took more than 13 cruises to various ports-of-call. They also visited various European countries, the South Pacific, Mexico, and took three extensive driving trips throughout the United States (visiting 45 states) and Canada (from West Coast to East Coast including Nova Scotia).
While searching for his family tree on Ancestry, he found he qualified to be a member of the Sons of the American Revolution of which he belonged for several years.
Bob will be fondly remembered and missed by his wife, several nieces, nephews and cousins. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 1:30 pm at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. He will be laid to rest at Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery.
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