OBIT: Geraldine Mae (GEARHART) BOWSER, 1999, native of Blair County, PA

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Geraldine Mae BOWSER

  Mrs. Geraldine Mae Bowser, 76, Frederick Street, Cumberland, Md., died 
Tuesday, May 25, 1999, at her home.
  She was born March 1, 1923, in Duncansville, daughter of the late Charles and 
Elsie (Stom) Gearhart.  She married Stanley M. Bowser.
  Mrs. Bowser was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Cumberland.
  She was a 1949 graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Dayton, Va., 
being mad assistant to the Dean of the organ department.  She did her graduate 
studies at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Princeton 
Choir College, Princeton, N. J.
  Mrs. Bowser was church organist at First Lutheran Church, Altoona, and at 
various other churches in New York, Ohio, and Maryland.  She also had been 
a substitute teacher in music and special education for Allegany County, Md.
Surviving are her husband; a son, Stanley C. of Mercersburg; and a brother 
Charles of Littleton, Colo.
  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Upchurch 
Funeral Home, Cumberland.

BOWSER - Funeral services for Geraldine Mae Bowser will be held at 11 a.m. 
Saturday, May 29,1999, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Cumberland Md., with the 
Rev. Stephen F. Yelovich officiating.  Interment will be made at Carson Valley 
Cemetery, Duncansville.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. 
Friday at Upchurch Funeral Home, 202 Greene St., Cumberland, Md.  Memorial 
contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 111 S. George St., 
Cumberland, Md. 21502

Altoona Mirror, May 27, 1999