Macon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Bowman, William N June 4, 1953
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The Decatur Review, Friday, 5 June 1953, pg 28
DIES IN SOUTH
W.N. Bowman Dies at 80
  William N. Bowman, 80, a construction foreman for many years, died at 8:10 
p.m. yesterday in the Moose Haven Home, Orange Park, Fla.  Before going to 
Florida five years ago, Mr. Bowman lived at 968 West View St.
  He was a construction foreman on the building of the Lake Decatur dam, the 
Wabash Railroad's St. Louis Bridge and the Lake Decatur boat dock.  He was 
last employed by C.R. Miller & Sons before his retirement 10 years ago.
  He had been a bridge foreman for the Wabash Railroad and was yard foreman 
for the Mueller Company 20 years.
  Mr. Bowman was born in Sangamon, Sept 20, 1872, a son of Ferdinand and the 
Barbara Minick Bowman, He was a member of the Central Christian church and of 
the Moose Lodge for more than 30 years.
  He leaves his wife, the former Mrs. Elizabeth Latshaw to whom he was married 
in Pasadena, Calif., in 1947, and five children by a previous marriage to 
Rachael Bowman.  The children are Mrs. Irene Aitken, Mrs. Helen Conover, Miss 
Dorothy Bowman, Joseph and Frank Bowman, all of Decatur.  There is a brother, 
Joseph H. Bowman, Decatur, five grandchildren, four great grandchildren and a 
step-son, Robert C. Latshaw, Pasadena.  Two sons, a daughter, six brothers and 
three sisters preceded him in death.
  The body will be brought to the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home where friends 
may call after 5 p.m.  Sunday.  Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Monday in the 
funeral home chapel with burial in Graceland Cemtery.   

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