OBIT: Helen M. BOWMAN, 2005, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  Bowman, Helen M.  12/29/05  Daily American
  
  Wednesday, December 28, 2005
   
    
  Helen M. Bowman, 96, died at Seminole Nursing Pavilion, Seminole, Fla., Dec.
  22, 2005.
  
  Born Oct. 27, 1909, in Rockwood. Preceded in death by parents, Theodore M. and
  Mary M. Bowman. Survived by cousins in various states.  National Cremation
  Society, Clearwater, Fla. Interment in Rockwood IOOF Cemetery, Rockwood. Helen
  was a 1932 graduate of Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y., with a degree in Public
  School Music.  She was a music teacher in Somerset County and later had a
  business career at Gimbel's Department Store in Pittsburgh and New York City. 
  She performed a solo recital as a mezzo-soprano in 1953 at Carnegie Music Hall,
  New York City. She was also an accomplished pianist and organist. She was a past
  music director and organist for Presbyterian Church in the Bronx.  She retired
  to Boynton Beach, Florida in 1970 and was a resident of Seminole, Florida,
  since 2002.