OBIT: Ruth (BOWMAN) EGOLF, 1993, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ RUTH EGOLF Ruth B. Egolf, 86, of West Catherine Street, Somerset, died March 4, 1993, while wintering in Tamarac, Fla. Born April 26, 1906, in Milford Township, daughter of late Luther Charles and Minnie Mabel (Shank) Bowman. Preceded in death by husband, Ward, in 1987, and sisters, Mary Ellen Bowman and Olive Maust, and brother, Fred Bowman. Survived by these children: Mrs. Carl (Shirley) Dumbauld, Fairport, NY; Mrs. Wayne (Alice) Emert, Somerset; Dr. Donald B. Egolf, Pittsburgh; also 5 grandsons and 2 great grandchildren. Sister of Clyde Bowman of Somerset. Member of Somerset Church of the Brethren. Retired Somerset area schoolteacher. Friends will be received from 2-9 pm Monday at Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home, where funeral service will be conducted at 11 am Tuesday, Rev. William Sleasman officiating. Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute to Somerset Garden Club with the money to be used for planting of trees and flowers, which was her first love as a renowned gardener. Send in care of Arlene Walters, Scott Avenue, Somerset, Pa. Daily American, March 8, 1993 [E0086]