OBIT: Martha Adele (PLETHER) BOWERS, 1984, formerly of Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joel Bowers August 7, 2007, 10:52 pm Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MARTHA A. BOWERS Mrs. Bowers, 89, of Box 256, Huntingdon RD1, formerly of Bellwood, died at 11:45 a.m., Friday, Aug. 10, 1984 at the home of her son, Michael. Mrs. Bowers retired from the Altoona Hospital kitchen staff. She was born Aug. 18, 1894 in Greenwood Furnace, the daughter of Joseph G. and Annie (Sager) Pletcher, and Dec. 16, 1916, in Cumberland, Md., married Joel Bowers, who died Feb. 9, 1973. Surviving are five children: Michael G. of Huntingdon Rd 1; Joel of Tonawanda, N.Y.; Catherine Hand of Altoona; Jane Bricker of Penn Yan, N.Y.; and Betty Hirsch of Montgomery, Mich,; 30 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. Also surviving is a sister, Elvira Kennedy of Bellwood. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Jon C. Russin Funeral Home, Bellwood. BOWERS - Services for Martha A. Bowers of Box 256, Huntingdon Rd 1, formerly of Bellwood, will he held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Jon C. Russin Funeral Home, Bellwood, by Rev. Kim K. Cowher. Interment in Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood. Altoona Mirror, August 11, 1984 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/