Davenport - Robert M. Bowden, Th. D. ("Pastor Bob"), went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004. Celebration of Life services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Evangelical Free Church, 5520 Eastern Avenue, Davenport. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation will be today from 4 to 7 p.m. at Grace Evangelical Free Church. Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport, is assisting the family with arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Grace Evangelical Free Church Building Fund or to WDLM Moody Radio.
Bob was born June 10, 1918, in Lansing, Michigan, to Robert Bowden and Elizabeth (Fleming) Bowden. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942, serving in World War II. Following his military service, Pastor Bob attended seminary and was ordained to the ministry in March 1949. In June of that same year, he was united in marriage to Charlotte Foote, a classmate graduate of Moody Bible Institute. Altogether, Bob and Charlotte served the Lord in pastoring nine churches in Michigan, Illinois, and Nevada.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Bowden, of Bettendorf; daughters, Martha Fruehling, and her husband, Steve, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Susan Bellew, and her husband, Rick, of Memphis, Tenn.; three grandchildren, Jeramy Messier, Marcie Gorsch and Theresa Fruehling; two great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter; two sisters; and two brothers. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Frank Bowden and David Bowden a grandson, Shawn Fruehling, and a step-grandson, Kraig Ashcraft.
(Quad-City Times, Sep. 21, 2004)
Bob was born June 10, 1918, in Lansing, Michigan, to Robert Bowden and Elizabeth (Fleming) Bowden. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942, serving in World War II. Following his military service, Pastor Bob attended seminary and was ordained to the ministry in March 1949. In June of that same year, he was united in marriage to Charlotte Foote, a classmate graduate of Moody Bible Institute. Altogether, Bob and Charlotte served the Lord in pastoring nine churches in Michigan, Illinois, and Nevada.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Bowden, of Bettendorf; daughters, Martha Fruehling, and her husband, Steve, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Susan Bellew, and her husband, Rick, of Memphis, Tenn.; three grandchildren, Jeramy Messier, Marcie Gorsch and Theresa Fruehling; two great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter; two sisters; and two brothers. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Frank Bowden and David Bowden a grandson, Shawn Fruehling, and a step-grandson, Kraig Ashcraft.
(Quad-City Times, Sep. 21, 2004)
Davenport - Robert M. Bowden, Th. D. ("Pastor Bob"), went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004. Celebration of Life services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Evangelical Free Church, 5520 Eastern Avenue, Davenport. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal. Visitation will be today from 4 to 7 p.m. at Grace Evangelical Free Church. Weerts Funeral Home, Davenport, is assisting the family with arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Grace Evangelical Free Church Building Fund or to WDLM Moody Radio.
Bob was born June 10, 1918, in Lansing, Michigan, to Robert Bowden and Elizabeth (Fleming) Bowden. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942, serving in World War II. Following his military service, Pastor Bob attended seminary and was ordained to the ministry in March 1949. In June of that same year, he was united in marriage to Charlotte Foote, a classmate graduate of Moody Bible Institute. Altogether, Bob and Charlotte served the Lord in pastoring nine churches in Michigan, Illinois, and Nevada.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Bowden, of Bettendorf; daughters, Martha Fruehling, and her husband, Steve, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Susan Bellew, and her husband, Rick, of Memphis, Tenn.; three grandchildren, Jeramy Messier, Marcie Gorsch and Theresa Fruehling; two great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter; two sisters; and two brothers. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Frank Bowden and David Bowden a grandson, Shawn Fruehling, and a step-grandson, Kraig Ashcraft.
(Quad-City Times, Sep. 21, 2004)
Bob was born June 10, 1918, in Lansing, Michigan, to Robert Bowden and Elizabeth (Fleming) Bowden. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942, serving in World War II. Following his military service, Pastor Bob attended seminary and was ordained to the ministry in March 1949. In June of that same year, he was united in marriage to Charlotte Foote, a classmate graduate of Moody Bible Institute. Altogether, Bob and Charlotte served the Lord in pastoring nine churches in Michigan, Illinois, and Nevada.
Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Bowden, of Bettendorf; daughters, Martha Fruehling, and her husband, Steve, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Susan Bellew, and her husband, Rick, of Memphis, Tenn.; three grandchildren, Jeramy Messier, Marcie Gorsch and Theresa Fruehling; two great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter; two sisters; and two brothers. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Frank Bowden and David Bowden a grandson, Shawn Fruehling, and a step-grandson, Kraig Ashcraft.
(Quad-City Times, Sep. 21, 2004)
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