Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Jane Helen Bowyer                                            Age: 85

Date of Death: June 9, 2016

Place of Death: Leisure Homestead, St. John, Kansas

Date of Birth: March 21, 1931 at Ellis, Kansas

Parents Name: Fred W. and Aethel (Bruegel) Homburg

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She married LaVern George Bowyer June 5, 1955 at St. John Lutheran Church, Ellis, Kansas.  He died February 12, 2006.

A Great Bend, Kansas resident since 1986, coming from rural Albert, Mrs. Bowyer was a homemaker, retired dairy farmer and farm wife, Avon Lady and owner and operator of the Jayhawker Motel, Great Bend.

She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church, Albert, where she played an active role in church activities, ELCW, Sunday School Teacher, church choir, church custodian, and flower committee.

 

SURVIVORS

one son: Ernie Bowyer of Great Bend

two sisters: Doris Betthauser of Dexter, Kan., and Kay Enna of Kansas City, Mo.

one sister-in-law, June Bowyer-Sowell of Chico, Texas

one grandson: B. J. Bowyer

four great-grandchildren: A. J. Bowyer, Alvin Bowyer, Jackson Bowyer and London Bowyer

 

She was preceded in death by one son, Vernie Bowyer, and one sister, Ione Buchheister.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Memorial Service: Monday, June 13, 2016

Time of Service: 1:00 p.m.

Place of Service: Peace Lutheran Church in Albert

Officiant: The Reverend Shelly Klingensmith

Inurnment: Peace Lutheran Church Cemetery, Albert, Kansas

Visitation:  1:00 to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, June 12, 2016 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: Peace Lutheran Church, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas         67530