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Niagara Gazette - 5/26/1944

NIAGARA FALLS. Ont-Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Bowman, of 2110
Drummond road, have been informed
that their son. Private O.
Leroy Bowman. 22, is missing and
believed dead following a vehicle
accident on May 23 about 57 miles
east of Revelstoke, B.C.
Private Bowman was doing convoy
duty with Canadian army troops
when the vehicle on which he was
riding skidded on a bridge and
plunged into a river below. Apparently
his bodr has not been recovered
Private Bowman Joined the Canadian
Ordnance corps He trained
at Toronto and Barriefield and then
was sent to west coast, where he
has been since September. 1942.
He was born in Niagara Falls and
educated at Barker street school
and the Niagara Falls Collegiate
Vocational school. Prior to Joining
the army. Private Bowman was
assistant scoutmaster of No. 1
troop. Niagara Falls Boy Scouts. He
was deeply Interested In Scout work.
and devoted much of his time to
It. He was employed by the Oneida
Community Company, Ltd.

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Niagara Gazette

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.-Funeral
services will be conducted on
Monday for Frederick William
Bowman, 68, a retired employe of
the Carborundum Co., Niagara
Falls, N. Y., who died at his home,
2100 Drummond Rd., Friday (Aug.
24, 1956) after a long illness.
Mr. Bowman was bom in this
city the son of the late William
and Jane (Newman)." Bowman,
pioneer members of this community.
He spent his lifetime in this
city and was an elder of the Drummond
Hill Presbyterian Church;
He was active in all organizations
of the church and was a representative
in the presbytery.
Mr. Bowman was a veteran member
of Cataract Lodge No. 103
IOOF. He was a past president :Of
the Golden Hour Club and was
a member of the Carborundum
25 Year Club.
He worked for the Carborundum
Co. for 27 years and retired
four years ago as a lathe operator.
One of his three sons. Crafts
man Leroy Bowman, was killed
in an accident in British Columbia
while serving with the Royal Canadian
Engineers during World War
II. Mr. Bowman's sister, Mrs.
Maude Terryberry died in 1940.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Miss Ella M. Wilson; his
daughter, Mrs. Helen. M. Catherwood,
this city; two sons, Robert
W. Bowman, this city and Lloyd
G. Bowman, Thorold: four brothers,
the Rev. C. H. Bowman,
Maple; Owen S. Bowman, Chippawa;
Albert Gordon and Leslie
L. Bowman, this city. He also is
survived by six grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Morse
and Son Chapel where funeral
services will be conducted at 2
p.m. Monday. Burial will be in
Lundy's Lane Cemetery.

Frederick + WILSON, Ella M. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William + NEWMAN, Jane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]