OBIT: Luther Odell BOWMAN, 2008, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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    BOWMAN, Luther Odell  08/27/08  Daily American
  
    Luther Odell Bowman, 75, Meyersdale, passed away Aug. 26, 2008, at West Penn
  Burn Center, Pittsburgh. Born Jan. 19, 1933, in Berlin, the son of the late 
  Clarence and Viola (Landis) Bowman. He was also  preceded in death by a
  brother, Sheldon. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Christina Elizabeth
  (Crissinger) Bowman; and four children, Rodney Bowman and  Karen Metz,
  Meyersdale; James Bowman, Connecticut;  Peggy and her husband, Charles Shuck,
  Virginia; and  Debra and her husband, David McKenzie, Meyersdale; 
  grandchildren, Angie and her husband, Mike Brant;  Jes Bowman, Jeremy, Rebecca,
  and Nikki Bowman, Rachel Shuck, Jessica and her husband, Melvin Fazenbaker; and
  Gregory Beachy Jr.; step grandchildren, Brian, Kayla and Bradley McKenzie;
  great-granddaughter, Hannah  Brant; and step great-grandchildren, William and 
  Mason McKenzie. He is also survived by two brothers,  Clifford Bowman,
  Meyersdale; and  Wendell Bowman,  Fairhope. Luther served in the United States
  Army from  1953 to 1955. He was a former foreman for Penn-Line  Service and was
  a farmer. He was a member of the  Meyersdale  Masonic Lodge 554, the Charles E.
  Kelley  American  Legion, Post 112, and the Hostetler Church of the  Brethren.
  Family and friends will be received from  7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and 2 to 4
  p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home, 
  Meyersdale.  A Masonic service will also be held at  7 p.m. Thursday.  The
  service will be held at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Friday.  The Rev. Arlen
  Longanecker officiating. Interment at the  Hostetler Church of the Brethren
  Cemetery. Contributions may  be sent to the  West Penn Burn Center, 4818
  Liberty Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  PA 15224. Arrangements by the M. Ray  Leckemby
  Funeral Home.