Macoupin-Jersey County IL Archives Obituaries.....Bowker, Gene Laverne  March 23, 2004
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Alton Telegraph
Gene Laverne Bowker,78, died at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at home. 
Born March 6, 1926, in Medora, IL to Truman D. and Ruby (Owens) Bowker, Gene was
married to 
Betty J. Smith in Medora on June 27, 1947. 
Gene was a U.S. Navy veteran and served on the USS Yorktown during World War II.  He
was a 
straw buyer for the Alton Box Board and also a member of Alton VFW Post 1308 and a
Mason with 
Piasa Lodge 27. 
In addition to his wife, Betty, he is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Ellen
and John Curry of 
Eagerville; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Dwight Bowker of Godfrey, Steve and
Glenda Bowker of 
Edwardsville; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Lela
Harding and Anna Mae 
Bowker, both of Medora, and Doris Pruitt of Carlinville; and one brother, Bill
Bowker of Indiana. 
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Viola Kirchner and Ida
Coleman; six brothers, 
Walter, Lloyd, Milford, Jim, Claude and Elmer Bowker. 
Visitation will be 5 p.m. To 8 p.m. Friday at Targhetta Funeral Home in Medora, IL.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. John Baggett
officiating. 
Burial will be at Medora Cemetery with full military honors by Alton VFW 1308 Ritual
Team. 
Memorials may be given to the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Medora. 





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