Mevin L Bowman

NAME Melvin L. Bowman    AGE 82  OF MedoraDIED 3:45 pm ON Sat May 21, 2016 AT HomeBORN  Jersey County, IL  ON Sept 6, 1933PARENTS DECEASED - Carl Franklin & Zella Viola (Loy) BowmanSPOUSE SURVIVES - Virginia C. (Chism) Bowman - MedoraDATE MARRIED Sept 13, 1958 PLACE OF MARRIAGE Medora they had been married for 57 YearsOCCUPATION Machine Repairman at Owens-Illinois GlassVETERAN US Air Force Airman 2^nd Class during Korea serving as a flight line fire fighter for 4 yearsMEMBERSHIPS He was an active member of the Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in Medora serving as an usher and trustee, he was currently a Captain with the Medora Fire Dept serving from 1961 to present, a driver for the Area Ambulance Service since 1973 to present and was currently on the ambulance board since 1983 and had served as board president, Medora Cemetery Association Board, Past President of the Southwestern Chamber of Commerce since 1994 where he was a past president, former Charter member of the Medora Lions Club, serving on the Medora Town Board for 4 years as a Trustee and Southwestern Unit 9 School Board member for 4 years SURVIVORS  SON John F. Bowman - MedoraSISTER & BROTHER IN LAW  BROTHER & SISTER IN LAWSMarcile & Howard Clayton - Macomb  Harold & Shirley Bowman – Medora  SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWSPROCEEDED IN DEATH BY Parents, 1 Sister & Brother in Law: Frances & William Pope 3 Brothers & Sisters in Laws: Carl F. & Christina Bowman Jr, James L. & Wanda Bowman and Robert & Maxine Bowman  VISITATION 4-8 pm Wed May 25, 2016 at Targhetta & Wooldridge F H in Brighton  With a Fire Dept Honor Guard during visitation  SERVICES 10 am Thurs May 26, 2016 at Targhetta & Wooldridge F H in Brighton    CLERGY Rev Rob Cleeton       CEMETERY Medora CemeteryJerseyville American Legion Post 492 to provide full military honors at the cemetery  MEMORIALS Mt Pleasant Church Building Fund or Medora Cemetery or the Medora Unit of the Area Ambulance Service

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