OBIT: Ruth A. (BODES) BOWSER, 1988, West Salisbury, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BOWSER
  
  Ruth A. Bowser, 75, of West Salisbury, died July 18, 1988, at
  Goodwill Meninite [sic] Home.  Born March 22, 1913, in Elk Lick
  Township, daughter of the late Milton and Alice (Sipple) Bodes. 
  Preceded in death by husband, Clay M. Bowser, in December 1960; and
  the following brothers and sisters:  Ray, Carl, Harry, and George,
  and Edna Keim, Anna Anderson, Grace Pyle and Mary Harris.  Survived
  by daughter, Mrs. Jo-Ann Counihan, Salisbury; one grandson, Thomas M.
  Counihan, Bakersfield, Calif.; and two great-grandchildren, Katrina
  and Sean.  Also one brother, Earl R. Bodes, Meyersdale RD 1.  Member
  of Saint John's Lutheran Church, Salisbury.  Friends will be received
  2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Thomas Funeral Home, Salisbury,
  where funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. with Rev.
  David E. Fetter and Father Bernard L. White officiating.  Interment,
  Grantsville Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, July 20, 1988
  
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  RUTH A. BOWSER
  
    Ruth A. Bowser, 75, of West Salisbury, died July 18 at the Goodwill
  Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md.
    Born March 22, 1913 in Elk Lick Township, daughter of the late
  Milton and Alice Sipple bodes.
    Preceded in death by her husband, Clay M. in December 1960 and the
  following brothers and sisters:  Ray, Carl, Harry and George, Edna
  Keim, Anna Anderson, Grace Pyle and Mary Harris.
    Survived by one daughter, Mrs. J-Ann Counihan, Salisbury; one
  grandson, Thomas M. Counihan, Bakersfield, CA; two great
  grandchildren, Katrina and Sean; one brother, Earl R. Bodes, St. Paul.
    She was a member of the St. John's Lutheran Church, Salisbury.
    Friends will be received Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 at the Thomas
  Funeral Home, Salisbury where services will be held Thursday at 10
  a.m. with Rev. David E. Fetter and Father Bernard L. White
  officiating.  Interment in the Grantsville Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, July 21, 1988
  
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