Submitted by: John C. Monk

Mrs. C. Bowman dies at age 88

            Mrs. Cordelia Bowman, aged 88, died at 10 a.m. Sunday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.B. McDonough, 429 East Third St, with whom she lived.  Death followed a heart attack.

            Mrs. Bowman was born in Mishawaka, Sept 10, 1856, and had always lived here.  As Cordelia Ernsperger she married Frank D. Bowman Nov. 17, 1881.  He died July 25, 1924.

Mrs. Bowman was a member of First Methodist church.  Surviving other than Mrs. McDonough are a son, Herbert J. Bowman of South Bend; one brother, William Ernsperger, of Mishawaka; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

            Friends may call at the residence from Tuesday afternoon until funeral services at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the residence.  Rev. Claude Garrison, pastor of First Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Bowman cemetery, South Bend.  The pallbearers will be H.A. Hollingshead, John S. Hambright, John D. Martin, Ellis E. Murray, Clem Harlin and Howard Ernsperger.

            Published in the South Bend Tribune; Oct. 30, 1944.