SERVICES
Trinity United Methodist Church
Appleton City, Missouri
Friday January 27, 2006
1:30 PM

MINISTER
Rev. Rob Barringer

VISITATION
Hill & Son Funeral Home
Thursday, January 26, 2006
6:00 – 800 PM

INTERMENT
Appleton City Cemetery
Appleton City, MO

MEMORIAL
Trinity United Methodist Church


Marie Frances (Herrman) Bowles, 89, of Appleton City, Missouri died Sunday January 22, 2006 in Houston, Texas. Marie was born August 12, 1916 in Appleton City, Missouri. She was the daughter of Charles Edward and Sarah Elizabeth (Brown) Herrman. She graduated from Appleton City High School in 1934 and the University of Kansas in 1938. She married Lester D. Bowles, M.D. in 1940. From that union, seven children were born.
Marie was a registered medical technologist and worked for many years in that capacity for physicians and at hospitals in and around Appleton City
She loved being with her family and traveling, and was at her happiest when visiting her children and their families throughout the country. Marie was an avid reader and always had a book nearby. She was also an accomplished seamstress and in later life, she enjoyed embroidering and quilting. She was a past member of the Order of Eastern Star and P.E.O. and was a long-time member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Appleton City, Missouri.
Surviving are her children, Janice (Truman) Johannigmeier, Lee's Summit, Missouri, Carolyn (Tom) Butts, Decatur, Illinois, Roger (Rita) Bowles, Valley Springs, California, Michael (DeeAnne) Bowles, Lee's Summit, Missouri, Leslie Lerner, Mission Hills, Kansas, Susan Minor, Barrington, Illinois, Mary Jane Bowles, Kansas City, Missouri, fifteen grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Jesse Herrman, Elvin Herrman, Leo Herrman, D.D.S., Lloyd Herrman, D.D.S., Cecil Herrman, George Herrman, M.D. and Fred Herrman.
Marie will be sadly missed, but fondly remembered by her children and grandchildren, along with a multitude of friends.