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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 7/17/1961
BARKER - Funeral services
were held today for Donald Bowers,
48, formerly of Barker, who
died unexpectedly Thursday, (July
13, 1961) in a dentist's chair in
Portland Me. while waiting to
have his tooth extracted.
The rites were held at 2 this
afternoon at the Hood Funeral
Home, Barker, followed by burial
in Lynhaven Cemetery, Lyndon-
ville.
Born Dec. 28, 1912, the son of
Mr. and Roy Bowers, Barker, he
lived in the Barker-Lockport area
until the outbreak of World War
II, when he enlisted in the U.S.
Navy. Upon his discharge he be
came associated with the Ingraham
Jack Insurance Agency of
Westbrook, Me.
Before enlisting he was employed
at Paris Dry Clenaers in
Lockport, and Harrison Radiator
Division. General Motors Corp.
A member of the Naval Reserves,
he was called back to duty
in the Korean War, when he was
stationed in Japan. At the conclusion
of the Korean Conflict, he
returned to his home in Portland.
where he was employed until the
time of his death.
Besides his parents, he leaves
two daughters, Miss Yvonne Bow
ers and Miss Carol Bowers of
Lewiston, Me.; one son, Wayne
Bowers of Gasport; and a sister,
Mrs. Floyd Seward of Gasport.
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