Obit of Bowman, Edna - Kingfisher County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 19 Oct 2008 Return to Kingfisher County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kingfisher/kingfisher.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Kingfisher Cemetery--Kingfisher OK Bowman, Edna 12/5/07 1/19/03 Edna Amanda Hoffman Bowman (95), was born on the family farm December 5, 1907, in Kingfisher, OK, to Adolph G. and Josephine S. Hoffman. She died in Kingfisher, on January 19, 2003. She was extremely proud that she was born the year of Oklahoma statehood. There is no way to measure the contributions Edna made to Kingfisher and to the state of Oklahoma, which she dearly loved. Edna attended Union Hall, a one-room rural school and graduated from Kingfisher HS in 1924. In 1990, she was inducted to the Kingfisher Hall of Fame. Edna attended Oklahoma City University until 1926 and continued her education at the University of Oklahoma and Columbia University in New York where she received English Bachelor and Master's degrees, respectfully. She received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from OCU in 1978. From 1928-1940, she taught English, Speech and German and was a school sponsor at Newkirk Schools. She was a member and active alumna of Alpha Chi Omega serving as educational director at OU in 1934-35. In 1945, she was State Chairman. She married George Lynn Bowman, Attorney, OU Regent and Oklahoma State Senator, on July 25, 1940, and resided in the Bowman House, built in 1889, and inhabited by the Bowman family since 1910. George was an early director for the Oklahoma Historical Society. After his death in 1957, she was named to serve on the Board. Edna was a lifetime member and was on the Board 33 years (1957-1990), the longest term of any Historical Society Board member. Edna served offices in: the American Revolutionary Bicentennial Authority of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Bicentennial, Kingfisher County Historical Society, Oklahoma Ohoyohoma Club (an organization for wives of Oklahoma legislators), American Red Cross Camp and Hospital Service Council. She was a founder of the Chisholm Trail Museum. She was a member of P.E.O., Kingfisher Chapter Y serving in all offices. In 1962-63, she was P.E.O. state president. She served three decades or more on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Heritage Association. In 1970, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Kingfisher. Edna is survived by two nieces, Maxine Robberts Fisher, Irvine, CA and Georgia Garrett Vaughn, Okla. City, OK. She has many great and great great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and two sisters, Ethel Victoria Hoffman Robberts, and Elba Josephine Hoffman Garrett, and her nephew, Richard William Garrett. Contributions may be made to the Edna Hoffman Bowman Endowed Music Scholarship at Oklahoma City University, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Heritage Society, and/or the Oklahoma Historical Society. Funeral services will be held at Sanders Funeral Home, 24 E. Broadway, Kingfisher, OK. Burial at Kingfisher Cemetery. Services will be Wed., Jan 22, 2003, at 2:00 P.M., at Kingfisher United Methodist Church (Main & Broadway). Published in the Oklahoman from 1/21/2003 - 1/22/2003. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Kingfisher County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kingfisher/kingfisher.html