OBIT: Carrie (FORESPRING) BOWLBY, 1986, formerly of Rockwood, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BOWLBY Mrs. Carrie Bowlby, 89, formerly of 421 West Broadway, Rockwood, died Friday evening, Oct. 17, 1986, at Maple Mountain Manor, Berlin, following a three-year illness. She was born in New Centerville, Jan. 7, 1897, the daughter of Allen and Otivia (Nicklow) Forespring. She was a lifelong resident of the Rockwood area. She was a member of the Rockwood Church of the Brethren. Survivors include two sons, Willard F. Bowlby of Rockwood; and Floyd E. Bowlby of Stanford, Conn.; one daughter, Mrs. Dean (Betty) Hostetler of Somerset; one brother, Charles Forespring of Jennerstown; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Bowlby; and one son, Jay Bowlby. Friends will be received at the William J. Wood Funeral Home, Francis Brady supervising, 933 Broadway, Rockwood, on Sunday from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. Funeral service will be held from the funeral home on Monday with her pastor, the Rev. Jay Christner, officiating. Burial will follow at the Rockwood I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Daily American, October 18, 1986 [B2127]