Helma Lucille (Bowen) DUGGER

BOWEN, DUGGER, STOUT, HOFFER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/9/2010 at 21:35:31

Belmond Independent, Iowa
May 21, 2002

Helma Lucille Dugger, 96, of Manson died May 19, 2002 at the Manson Good Samaritan Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, at Our Savior United Methodist Church in Manson. Burial will take place in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Manson. Helma Lucille Bowen was born January 18, 1906, in Delta, IA, the oldest daughter of Harry Ellis and Vida Stout Bowen. She graduated from Delta High School in 1924, attended business school, and worked for the Keokuk County Auditor. In 1927 she married Gerald Dugger. They operated a grocery business in Delta and Boone. They moved to Manson in 1951 where they operated Dugger's Super Valu. In 1956 she attended the Floral Arts School in Chicago and was a florist in Manson for 13 years. She was a 50-year member of the Eastern Star, a member of the Gideon Auxiliary, and member of the Grace Methodist Church in Manson. Preceding her in death were her husband Gerald; her parents; and two sisters. Survivors include her children, Richard (Joan) Dugger of Indiana, Marilyn (Larry) Hoffer of Illinois, and Robert (Janice) Dugger of Manson; 10 grandchildren, including Rob Dugger of Belmond; and 22 great-grandchildren.