Mildred Bowers 1927 - 2022

BOWERS, WILLIAMS, SPARKS, WENDEL

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 1/9/2023 at 13:53:56

Sioux City Journal
16 October 2022

Mildred Bowers passed away on Oct. 14, 2022 in her home.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 at Arlington Cemetery, Moville, Iowa. Online condolences can be sent to www.polandthompson.com. Arrangements by Poland-Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron, Mo.

Born Oct. 4, 1927 to Frank and Bessie Williams Sparks in Moville, Iowa, Mildred was one of nine children, spending her early years attending schools in and around Moville.

After graduating from Moville High in 1945, she attended Morningside College. After graduation, she taught at rural schools in the area.

Mildred married Lester Wendel on Nov. 27 1947 and they lived and farmed in and around the Oto, Iowa area, settling in Correctionville from 1963 to until Lester's death in 1972.

She later married Wayne Bowers and they moved to Princeton, Mo. where they farmed for 20years before retiring to Gilman City, Mo.

Mildred is survived by: two children, Lorna Hochwender of Excelsior Springs Mo., and David and Penny Wendel of Tampa, Fla; two stepchildren, Mike and Jean Bowers of Delaware and Judy and Bob Stevens of Washington; 14 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Lester Wendel, and second husband, Wayne Bowers; her children, Linda Beeson and Jeff Wendel; and eight siblings including Marion, Bill, Gerald, Dale, Burt, Jay, Helen and Lee.