Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bowman, George F.  March 7, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 8, 2012
  George F. Bowman 
  
  PALMYRA George F. Bowman, 82, of the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra 
  passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in the home of his son Larry, surrounded 
  by his loving family. He was the husband of Esther Brandt Bowman with whom he 
  celebrated their 61st Wedding Anniversary this past December. Born in 
  Myerstown on September 19, 1929, he was the son of the late Claflin L. and 
  Ruth Royer Bowman. In 1967 he founded G.F. Bowman, Inc., in Cleona and served 
  as president until 1984. He then turned the operation over to his son Larry, 
  who in turn passed it on to his son Brad and daughter Jamie in 2009, making it 
  a third generation business. A U.S. Army Veteran of Korea, George graduated 
  from Myerstown High School in 1947 and was a member of Immanuel United 
  Methodist Church in Cleona. A member of the Annville-Cleona Kiwanis Club since 
  1960, George served as president for a year, as well as a president of the 
  Refrigeration Services Engineers Society. George was a member of the Annville 
  American Legion Post 559, the Lebanon Electrical Association, Blue Mountain 
  Snowmobile Association, and the Pine Pauper Hunting Camp in Woolrich, PA. He 
  was the founder of the Silver Fox Lodge and the Fawn Run Family Camp. George 
  was an avid outdoorsman who loved spending time in the mountains. In addition 
  to his wife, George is survived by his daughters, Karen Reed of Ballwin, 
  Missouri, Ayla Rose of Nevada City, California, and Lorraine, wife of Jeffrey 
  Witmeyer of Palmyra, and son Larry D, husband of Brenda Reitz Bowman of 
  Lebanon. His living siblings are Mary Jane wife of V. Carl Gacono of Annville, 
  John Bowman of Pine Grove, and Ann Bowman of Stuart, Florida. He also has nine 
  grandchildren: Tracy Weaks, Jonathan Reed, Aaron Reed, Rigel Rother, Tara 
  Rother, Jamie Yocum, Bradley Bowman, and Kimberlee and Cassidy Bowman. He was 
  preceded in death by three brothers, Donald, Harold, and Robert Bowman, his 
  sister Helen Bowman, as well as his step-mother Edith Bowman. Funeral services 
  will be held on Saturday, March 10, 2011, at 10 a.m. at the Immanuel United 
  Methodist Church, 29 E. Maple Street, Cleona. Interment will be with Full 
  Military Honors at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Myerstown. Viewing will be held on 
  Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kreamer Funeral Home and Crematory, 618 
  E. Main St., Annville and also on Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m. prior to the 
  service at the Church. 
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 8, 2012 
   
  
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