P.R. Bowers

P.R. Bowers Mr. P.R. Bowers, 79, of Dewey, died Friday, September 5, 2014 at his home. Services for Mr. Bowers will be held at 11 A.M. on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 in the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Bill Hewitt as the moderator. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery where full military rites will be accorded by the Ceremonial Detail of the James H. Teel American Legion Post # 105. Funeral services and interment are under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory. The Bowers family will receive guests for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home on Monday evening from 6 P.M. until 8 P.M. A memorial has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, Tennessee, 38105-1942. Mr. Bowers was born at Wann, Oklahoma on June 26, 1935 the son of Woodrow Bowers and Anna (West) Bowers. He grew up and received his education in the Dewey School system where he excelled in basketball and graduated from Dewey High School in 1953. He was employed locally at Ward’s Industrial Electric for several years and he was married to Laura “Loberta” Munson at the Methodist church in Bartlesville on July 1, 1956. He entered the U.S. Army in October of 1957 and Mr. and Mrs. Bowers made their home where he was stationed in New Jersey. He had also been stationed in Japan and he was a radio operator in the Cryptograph Division. Following his Honorable Discharge in October 1959 they made their home in Bartlesville until moving to Dewey to make their home three years later. Mr. Bowers was employed as a gauger with Farmland Industries until his retirement in 1997. He was a former member of the Dewey Alumni as well as the Moose Lodge and Eagles Lodge where he loved to country dance. He was very involved in his children’s school activities and sporting events, including coaching their girl’s softball teams from 1969 thru 1979. In their earlier years, Mr. and Mrs. Bowers enjoyed square dancing and they loved travel in their RV and to go on cruises. Mr. Bowers is survived by his wife, Loberta Bowers of the home in Dewey, two daughters, Elizabeth Smittle of Dewey and Paula O’Dell and husband Jeff of Arlington, Texas, two sisters, June Ropp of Dewey and Shirley Fields of Collinsville, and one grandson, Patrick Smittle of Dewey. He was preceded in death by his parents and several aunts, uncles and other relatives. PDF Printable Version

P.R. Bowers

June 26, 1935 - September 5, 2014