OBIT: Ailene M. (BOWSER) WATKINS, 1993, native of Alum Bank, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ WATKINS Ailene M. Watkins, 79, Bedford RD 2, died Jan. 14, 1993, at Windber Hospital. Born June 7, 1913, in Alum Bank RD, daughter of the late Sewell and Ada (Barefoot) Bowser. Preceded in death by five brothers. Survived by husband, Ralph, and these children: James, married to the former Faye Diehl, State College; Shirley, wife of Frank Williams, Bedford; and David, Boswell; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Sister of: Emerson Bowser, Alum Bank; Gerald Bowser, Bedford RD 2, and Helen Crew, Decatur, Illinois. Member of St. John's Christian Church of Cessna, Pa. Along with her husband, she owned and operated Five Gables Restaurant for 25 years. She was a member of the Business and Professional Women, Eastern Star, Bedford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at the Jack Geisel Funeral Home in Pleasantville, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Fred C. Hickok officiating. Interment, Pleasantville Cemetery. Family requests donations be made to St. John's Christian Church, RD 2 Bedford, Pa. Daily American, January 16, 1993 [W0506]