Elden R. Bowers, 83, of Sara A. Todd Memorial Home, 1000 W. South St., and formerly of Newville Road, died Friday in the home.
He was a former employee of Carlisle Baking Co., and was retired from the Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Hampden Twp.; was an Army veteran of World War II; and a member of Newville Church of the Brethren, its Sunshine Workers Sunday School Class, and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred E. Heller Bowers; two sons, Kenneth R., and Robert E.; two daughters, Mary Jane Hippensteel, and Doris Shearer; a stepson, Russell Campbell; a stepdaughter, Dixie Zeigler; a brother, Kenneth E.; seven sisters, Isabel Burkholder, Kathryn Roth and Edna Snyder, Betty Worley, Reba Cressler, Mary E. Kutz, and Jean Donnelly; 18 grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home. Burial will be in Newville Cemetery.
Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund of his church, 16 Carlisle Road, Newville 17241.
(obit edited for privacy of surviving family)
Elden R. Bowers, 83, of Sara A. Todd Memorial Home, 1000 W. South St., and formerly of Newville Road, died Friday in the home.
He was a former employee of Carlisle Baking Co., and was retired from the Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Hampden Twp.; was an Army veteran of World War II; and a member of Newville Church of the Brethren, its Sunshine Workers Sunday School Class, and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Surviving are his wife, Mildred E. Heller Bowers; two sons, Kenneth R., and Robert E.; two daughters, Mary Jane Hippensteel, and Doris Shearer; a stepson, Russell Campbell; a stepdaughter, Dixie Zeigler; a brother, Kenneth E.; seven sisters, Isabel Burkholder, Kathryn Roth and Edna Snyder, Betty Worley, Reba Cressler, Mary E. Kutz, and Jean Donnelly; 18 grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and two stepgreat-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home. Burial will be in Newville Cemetery.
Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund of his church, 16 Carlisle Road, Newville 17241.
(obit edited for privacy of surviving family)
Family Members
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Louetta Mae Bowers
1912–1912
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Samuel Lester "Lester" Bowers
1913–1957
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Kenneth Eugene Bowers
1915–1996
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Isabel A. Bowers Burkholder
1917–2005
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Kathryn Bowers Roth
1919–1999
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Reba Marie Bowers Cressler
1921–2009
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Betty Jane Bowers Worley
1923–2005
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Edna Louise Bowers Snyder
1929–2018
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Alda I. Bowers Mentzer
1931–1969
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