Visitation
December 16, 2010
2:00-4:00 & 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Funeral Service
December 17, 2010
11:00 A.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Interment
Location: Maryland Veteran's Cemetery Cheltenham [Map]
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Evelyn Elizabeth Bowen, 88, a longtime resident of Pinellas Park, FL passed away December 13, 2010 at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. Evelyn was born April 8, 1922 at the old Calvert Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD to Samuel W. and Birdie Catterton Watson. She lived in Owings, attended the former Fairview Elementary School, later moved with her family to Fairhaven, MD and graduated from Southern High School in Lothian, MD. Evelyn married Gordon W. Bowen on June 6, 1942 and after his discharge from the military they resided and raised their family in Alexandria, VA. She had retired to Pinellas Park, FL with her husband in 1971. Mr. Bowen passed away December 5, 2000, and Evelyn had recently moved to New Market, MD where she lived with her daughter Connie Mudd. While in Florida she was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pinellas Park. Evelyn was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, enjoyed cooking and loved taking care of her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband Gordon, a sister Helen Humphrey and brothers Vernon and Samuel Watson. She is survived by a daughter Constance M. “Connie” Mudd and her husband Bruce of New Market, a son Douglas W. Bowen and wife Gail of Stephen City, VA, grandchildren Bryan and Jason Mudd, Kenny Bowen and Michelle Woolwine, five great-grandchildren, a brother Robert E. “Pete” Watson and Jackie Watson of Fairhaven and a brother-in-law Eldridge “Popeye” Bowen and his wife Patty of Prince Frederick, MD.
Memorial Contributions
Expressions of sympathy in Evelyn’s name may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Memorials & Honor Program, P.O. Box 11537Alexandria, VA 22312
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