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Obituary- Bowers, Lawrence 1

Lawrence A. Bowers, 72, Delia, died Tuesday, November 8, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Bowers farmed in the Delia com¬munity for 42 years before he retired.
He was born February 21, 1911, at Osage City, the son of Josiah and Cath¬erine Rashford Bowers.
Mr. Bowers was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Delia, charter member of Delia Lions Club and served for 17 years on High Prairie school board near Delia.
He was married to Christina Thomp¬son May 2, 1938, at Holy Name Cath¬olic Church in Topeka. She survives.
An infant son, James Bowers, preceded him in death.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Christina Brennan, St. Marys, Mrs. Ruth Anne Walker, Auburn, and Diane Bowers of the home; two sons, Law¬rence Bowers, jr., Delia, and John Bowers, Elwood, Illinois; three sisters, Mrs. Emily Reaka and Bernice Bowers, both of Topeka, and Mrs. Dorothy Bundy, McMinville, Oregon; a brother, Alfred Bowers, Silver Lake; and 22 grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be cele¬brated at 10 a.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Delia. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery at Osage City. Verschelden Funeral Home,
St. Marys, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to American Lung Association of Kansas, Box 4426, 4300 Drury Lane, Topeka, 66604.

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