Carolyn Bowman, 79, of Sioux Falls, SD, passed away on Friday, September
18, 2015, at St. Luke’s Northland Hospital, North Kansas City, MO.
Carolyn was born in Maryville, MO, on February 2, 1936. Her
parents were Charles M. and Pauline (Miller) Massie, they preceded her
in death. She was also preceded by her daughter Nancy Lynn Bowman, and
her two sisters, Virginia Hogue-Combs, and Norma Newman.
She graduated from Hopkins High School in 1954, and had attended Northwest Missouri State Teachers College in Maryville.
She loved horses in her youth, and in her later years cooking
for her family and friends was a great joy. She was of the Christian
faith, and had once been the organist at a Presbyterian church in
Shakopee, MN.
On September 6, 1955, Carolyn was united in marriage to Ronald Dean Bowman, in Pickering, MO. He survives of the home.
Carolyn and Ronald moved to Minnesota in 1955. Then in 1978
they moved and lived in Escondido, CA, until April of this year. She
had been a homemaker, raising the children, and took temporary secretary
jobs in Minnesota. She later sold real estate in California for 20
Years.
Survivors include her husband Ronald, of the home; 2 children,
Kimberly (Tom) DeRuyter, Fairbanks, AK, and Darwin Bowman, Minneapolis,
MN; 2 grandchildren, Megan DeRuyter, and Chloe Lynch; and numerous
nieces and nephews, and friends.
Services will be at 1:30 PM, on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at
the Bram-Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville, MO. The burial will follow in
the Nodaway Memorial Gardens, Maryville.
The family will receive friends from 6-7:30 PM, Monday, September 21, 2015, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to the COPD
Foundation, Donation Headquarters, 3300 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Miami, FL
33134, or DONATE@COPDFOUNDATION.ORG. Or, to a charity of the donor’s
choice.
For online condolences and guest book, visit www.bramfuneralhome.com
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