Elva M. Bowman
April 4, 1914 - April 4, 1997
Elva M. Bowman, 83, of 1428 E. Main Street, Niles, Mich., died following an extended illness at 8:05 p.m. on Friday, April 4, at Silverbrook Manor, Niles.
Mrs. Bowman was born April 4, 1914, at Leonidas, Mich., to Silas Kline and Elsie M. Thomson, and had lived in Niles since 1953, coming from Edwardsburg, Mich.
She retired as president and bookkeeper for the Amerson Bowman Company in Niles. Mrs. Bowman was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Niles; the Niles Elks Auxiliary; was a life member of the Orchard Hills Country Club, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary.
On Nov. 14, 1934, in South Bend, Ind., she married Amerson Bowman, who preceded her in death on July 29, 1993.
She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Madden Bittle of West Des Moines, Iowa, Jean M. Stilwell of Niles; sons, David C. Bowman of Niles, Joseph B. Bowman of Mishawaka, Ind., and John S. Bowman of Niles; and by 12 grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles, with the Rev. John Thompson, assistant to the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Niles, officiating. Interment will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Contributions in memory of Mrs. Bowman may be made to the Foundation of the First Presbyterian Church.
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