OBITUARY OF PAULINE MARTEEL (THOMAS) BOWMAN, MAY 14, 1998;
In the EMPORIA GAZETTE.
EMPORIA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1998
Transcribed and Contributed by Kenneth Thomas (mailto:thomask@iland.net) 15 May 1998

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PAULINE M. BOWMAN

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COUNCIL GROVE - Pauline M. Bowman, 78, of Council Grove died May 14, 1998, at the Morris
County Hospital in Council Grove.

Mrs. Bowman was a bookkeeper at the Alta Vista State Bank before she retired in 1985.  
Earlier, she was employed at Kling's Ben Franklin Store, the Abell Grocery, Taylor Laundry
and the U.S. Post Office, all in Council Grove.  She also volunteered at the Twin Lakes
Healthcare Center in Council Grove.

Pauline M. Thomas, the daughter of Preston and Cletys Funk Thomas, was born Oct 1, 1919, in
the Lake Kahola area of Morris County.  She married Lorin Henry Bowman on Feb. 18, 1940, at
Emporia.  He died Jan. 18, 1995.

Mrs. Bowman was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Christian Church and the church's Ladies 
Bible Study.  She was a foods leader in 4-H.

She is survived by a daughter, Connie Thomas of Council Grove, a son, Bill Bowman of Council
Grove, a brother Byron Dale Thoomas of Estes Park, Colo.; four grandchildren, Alan Bowman and 
Charles Downes, II, both of Council Grove, Cindy Ditto of Burlington and Julie Corpening of 
Hutchinson; and 10 great-grandchildren.

the funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Kendall Funeral Chapel at Council Grove. Burial
will be in Greenwood Cemetery at Council Grove.  Friends may call untiil 8 p.m. today at the 
Kendall Funeral Chapel.

Memorial contributions to the church or the Center for Basic Cancer Research at Kansas State
University may be sent to the funeral chapel.

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