OBIT: Fred E. BOWSER, Sr., 1985, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  FRED E. BOWSER SR.
  
    Fred E. Bowser Sr., 69, of Grantsville RD 2, Maryland, died Monday,
  December 31, 1984, at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Maryland.
    Born in Accident, Maryland, he was a son of the late William H.
  Bowser and Ruth (Brant) Bowser.
    He was retired from the Maryland State Highway Administration.  He
  was a veteran of World War II, and was a member of the Brethren
  Church; American Legion Post 208, Accident, Md.; an honorary member
  of the Accident Volunteer Fire Department, and a member of Woodmen of
  the World Camp 68, Bittinger, Maryland.
    He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marian (Hannon) Bowser; one son,
  Fred Bowser Jr., Grantsville; six daughters, Mrs. Suzanne Dolan,
  Accident; Mrs. Peg Bean, Blacksburg, Va.; Mrs. Phyllis Vitez,
  McHenry, Maryland; Mrs. Alice Moore, Terra Alta, W.Va.; Mrs. Jo
  Sheffield and Mrs. Mary Beal, both of Grantsville; one brother,
  George H. Bowser, Accident, Md.; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Younkin,
  Grantsville, and Mrs. Hazel Stessard, Annandale, Va.; nine
  grandchildren.
    Services were conducted at the Newman Funeral Home by the Rev.
  James Show.  Interment, Grantsville Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, January 10, 1985
  
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