Obituary of Marilyn Kay Bowers

IN LOVING MEMORY MARILYN K. BOWERS Marilyn Kay Bowers, daughter of Ronald Ralph and Hazel May (Armstrong) Magill, was born July 24, 1938, in Hoisington, Kansas, and passed away December 5, 2013, at the age of 75. Marilyn grew up in the Hoisington and Osawatomie, Kansas, communities and attended the local schools. On March 24, 1978, Marilyn and Orville Bowers were united in marriage in Hoisington. They made their home in Hoisington, Lebanon, and Great Bend, Kansas, before moving to Almena, Kansas, where they were currently living and raising two grandchildren. Marilyn was a homemaker and had also been an LPN. Marilyn was a member of the Almena Congregational Church. Survivors include: her husband, Orville Bowers, of their home in Almena; four children, Brian McDowell, Garden City, Kansas; Teresa Strickland, Hoisington; Denise Ryan, Ledyard, Connecticut; and William McDowell, Tulsa, Oklahoma; two grandsons that they were raising, Brandon McDowell, Beloit, Kansas; and Dalton McDowell, of the home in Almena; one sister, Beverly Conklin, Piedmont, Oklahoma; 14 other grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents and one son, Allen Lee McDowell. A memorial has been established to the Marilyn Bowers Memorial Fund.