Wahkiakum Eagle-April 2003

BOWLES, John Alfred
	
  Age 67, died at the hospice center in Longview.  He was born at 
Seattle, the son of William A. and Priscilla Belle Holm (Randle) 
Bowles.  He moved to Cathlamet in 1985.
  He served in the Marine Corps from January 22, 1959 until January 22, 
1962.  He was considered an excellent marksman.
  He worked for King County Sanitation for 30 years until his 
retirement in 1985.  On June 27, 1986, he married Janet Hatch.  She 
survives him at home.
  He loved to play the guitar and enjoyed fishing and boating, and 
reading; liked to putter on electrical and mechanical jobs and also 
enjoyed drafting.  He was a family man and enjoyed his home.
  Survivors include his wife, at home; sons, Kenneth Bowles of 
Kennewick and Lonnie Lee Ayers of San Jacinto, Calif.; daughters, Kim 
Paul of Leeshburg, Penn., Kimberly Swidberg of Port Orchard, Tracy
Flint of Monroe, Yvonne Kane of San Diego, Calif., and Theresa Tuls of 
Liberal, Kan.; sisters, Ruth Adams of Lake Stevens and Lucille Thompson 
of Renton; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  Funeral services were held Monday at Dowling Chapel in Cathlamet, 
with Pastor Ralph Wood officiating.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa.
20 Oct 1935-15 Apr 2003
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)