Harold Delloyd Bowers
April 29, 1915 — June 9, 2009
Harold D. Bowers, 94, of Toddville, Iowa, died Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at his daughter?s home in Rowley, Iowa, following a short illness. Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, June 13, 2009, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point, by the Rev. Charles R. Sauer. Visitation from 4 ? 8 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Dunkard Cemetery, Toddville.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Lillian; a son, Roy A. (Sharon) Bowers of Cedar Rapids; daughers, Mary Sauer of Rowley, Linda Sauer of Center Point, Cheryl (Gale) Birch of Mesa, Arizona, and Joyce (Virgil Elsbury) Bowers of Cedar Rapids; 22 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Clarence Schultz; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Allie and Mary (Comp) Bowers; a brother, Gerald E. Bowers; two infant sisters, Iva Mae and Eliza; a daughter, Heneritta Mayes; and three sons-in-law.
Harold was born April 29, 1915, in Toddville, Iowa, where he lived his whole life. He married Lillian Schultz on February 26, 1943 in Toddville. Harold was employed by the Rock Island Railroad for over 37 years until his retirement in 1973. He loved his wife, family and puttering and fixing things. He also did his part in helping make our area clean as the can man picking up litter and returnable cans along our local highways. What is in the heart defines the measure of a man. He loved his family, but did not vocalize it much. His family is proud of the life he lived and the man he was.
A memorial fund has been established in Harold?s name.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Lillian; a son, Roy A. (Sharon) Bowers of Cedar Rapids; daughers, Mary Sauer of Rowley, Linda Sauer of Center Point, Cheryl (Gale) Birch of Mesa, Arizona, and Joyce (Virgil Elsbury) Bowers of Cedar Rapids; 22 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Clarence Schultz; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Allie and Mary (Comp) Bowers; a brother, Gerald E. Bowers; two infant sisters, Iva Mae and Eliza; a daughter, Heneritta Mayes; and three sons-in-law.
Harold was born April 29, 1915, in Toddville, Iowa, where he lived his whole life. He married Lillian Schultz on February 26, 1943 in Toddville. Harold was employed by the Rock Island Railroad for over 37 years until his retirement in 1973. He loved his wife, family and puttering and fixing things. He also did his part in helping make our area clean as the can man picking up litter and returnable cans along our local highways. What is in the heart defines the measure of a man. He loved his family, but did not vocalize it much. His family is proud of the life he lived and the man he was.
A memorial fund has been established in Harold?s name.
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