BOWEN, George L. "Roy" (died 1962)

BOWEN, FERRIER, BRETNER

Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 2/23/2010 at 22:02:44

Roy Bowen, 69, dies at Rock Falls

George L. (Roy) Bowen, 69 died suddenly Sunday morning at his home in Rock Falls. He had farmed in the Mason City and Hanford area until 1926 and since 1928 had. lived at Rock Falls.

For the last 18 years he had been employed by the American Crystal Sugar Company during
the campaigns.

Mr. Bowen was born Aug. 23, 1892, in Mason City, son of Thomas and Ellen (Bretner) Bowen. He attended the Mason City schools. He was married to Miss Ethel Ferrier, March 14, 1914, at the Methodist parsonage in Mason City.

Surviving are his wife, a son Floyd Bowen, Rock Falls: a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Edith) Golding, Northwood; a grandson, Richard Golding, U.S. Army; two granddaughters, Mrs. Duane (Rosina) Coe, Nora Springs, and Miss Penny Bowen, Rock Falls, and a great granddaughter, Loretta Jane Coe, Nora Springs. A brother, Vernon Bowen, Mason City, also survives.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and his parents.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Hogan-Mckee Colonial Chapel. The Reverend Charles Birchmair, pastor of the Rock Falls Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Rock Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be at the chapel until the time of services.

[ Mason City Globe-Gazette - Monday, April 23, 1962 ]