Bernard Beuford Bower, 1955 – 2010

BOWER, JOHNSTON, SKOGLUND, WADE, BARNETT

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 3/29/2011 at 16:13:04

Funeral Mass for Bernard B. Bower, 55, Kinross, was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, North English. He died Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, at the Keokuk County Health Center, Sigourney.

The Rev. Joseph Roost officiated at the service.

Burial was in St. Patrick Little Creek Cemetery, rural Kinross.

A memorial fund has been established for the North Keokuk County QRS and Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research.

Powell Funeral Home, North English, was in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com, under obituaries.

Bernard Beuford Bower was born Oct. 16, 1955, in Sigourney, the son of Frederick and Edith Johnston Bower. He attended school in North English and Keota before graduating from English Valleys High School, North English, in 1973.
He married Elaine Skoglund in Parkers Prairie, Minn., April 20, 1985. They lived a short time in Eden Prairie, Minn., in Hawaii and Keota before moving back to Kinross in 1996.

He worked as a drywall installer for many years and most recently as a delivery driver. In his younger years, he played rugby and helped start the Iowa City Club.

He loved music, electronic gadgets and technology, designing model train setups and watching sports, especially the Minnesota Vikings and the Twins.

Bower is survived by his wife; one daughter, Erin Bower, Pella; two sisters, Patricia Wade, Iowa City, and Rita Barnett, Granbury, Texas, and three brothers, Charles Bower, Riverside; Ed Bower, Williamsburg, and Bruce Bower, Michigan.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

The Journal Tribune, Williamsburg Iowa, 23 Dec 2010, pg 3