Bowers

Henry Kenneth Bowers, a retired real estate appraiser active in the Boy Scouts, died of pneumonia Sunday at St. Joseph Medical Center. The former Stoneleigh resident was 85. Born in Baltimore and raised in Franklintown, he was a 1942 Polytechnic Institute graduate. During World War II, he served as a ship's electrician and was assigned to a landing craft designed to carry six tanks and support crew to the beach while under fire. Family members said he landed with the sixth wave at Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

On December 9, 2007, CATHERINE ANNA BOWERS, beloved wife of Albert L. Bowers, devoted mother of Catherine Bowers, loving sister of Josephine and her husband Carroll Smyth, sister-in-law of Helen and her husband Vincent Arena, John and Charles Bowers. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at St. Michael The Archangel at 10am. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home (Overlea), 7401 Belair Rd on Tuesday and Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm. A Christian Wake Service will be held on Wednesday at 3:30pm.

When Ray Gundersdorff met Thelma Bowers, she was still Thelma Southcomb, a pretty senior at Catonsville High School. Ray was a junior.Besides passing in school hallways, Thelma and Ray belonged to the same church youth group. When a small faction of the group would sneak off to go bowling instead of attending the weekly meeting, Thelma and Ray were always in the thick of the high jinks.Not together, mind you. In the early 1950s, they both adamantly say, senior girls did not go out with junior-class men. So Thelma and Ray never even considered dating.

EVERY THURSDAY afternoon, George Bowers, 75, joins a few fellows at the Florence Bain Senior Center to talk over old times. The guys trade tales about World War II and support each other on the road to old age."It's a nice thing to have somebody to share your history with," Bowers said.Bowers, Marty Chaitovitz, 70, and Tom Reitz, 85, are regulars at the weekly SPRING Buds meeting at the center in Harper's Choice. Senior Peer Resources, Individuals, Networks and Groups (SPRING) is a peer support program that began at Florence Bain 14 years ago."

UNEXPECTED BLENDS of old and new, sacred and profane, are juxtaposed often in Elkridge. And many times a personal connection between those elements sustains meaning in our community life.The stories of three men, Rick Bowers of Columbia and Elkridge residents Carmelo Torres and Gary Kaufman, illustrate how those intertwining relationships work. The three are nurturing a new church.Bowers, a Howard County native, decided at midlife to begin a church in Elkridge. Torres, raised in the Bronx, N.Y., who moved to Elkridge three years ago, was drawn to the church and now serves as its youth minister.

Marion Bowers, 65, science teacher, volunteerMarion Bowers, a retired science teacher who devoted many hours to volunteer work at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, died Sept. 16 at her Gwynn Oak home.Ms. Bowers, who had had surgery a year ago for a heart condition, was 65."Marion was one of the best volunteers I ever worked with," said David Schofield, coordinator of the aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue Program. "From her years as a biology teacher, she knew everything about our animals, and with her strong conservation background, she was wonderful at talking to the public about how to prevent animals from washing up on our beaches because of something we did to them or their environment."

An impartial mediator, assigned to help Baltimore's school board and the city teachers union reach a consensus for a new contract, wrote a memo last week chastising the school board for attempting to renege on a deal with the teachers.The mediator, Mollie Bowers, wrote that she believed that the school board was asking for "clarification" about issues the two sides had resolved, including wages and health benefits.An impasse in contract negotiations between the city's 7,000 teachers and the school board was declared in the summer, and a three-member panel was convened to resolve the dispute.

County police have arrested a 16-year-old Severna Park girl who allegedly left a threatening note about a bomb in a girls' bathroom at Severna Park High School Feb. 13.The girl was charged with a false report of a bomb and taken to Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center in Laurel Friday afternoon, said Detective Linda Bowers of the Eastern District.Police were called to the high school after a threatening note about a bomb was found and arrested two girls. When they searched the building, they found a second note written in green marker in a girls' bathroom near the main lobby, Bowers said.

A box Sunday incorrectly listed the name of a 2nd Congressional District candidate, Walter T. Kuebler.The Sun regrets the error.TWO YEARS AGO, "throw the bums out" was a rallying cry. Several of Maryland's eight congressional districts produced spirited challenges. That's less the case in 1998.Low joblessness and the Monica Lewinsky scandal have drained energy, and focus, from the 105th Congress. The following are choices Marylanders have for the 106th, and our recommendations for the Sept.

SMITHSBURG -- Think big-city politics get nasty? Check out what Tommy Bowers, former police chief of this one-stoplight town in Western Maryland, has in mind for the mayor who fired him.He hopes to beat Mayor Mildred "Mickey" Myers in the election tomorrow, then break the grip that Myers' husband has long held on the town's snowplowing contract. And finally, with the help of a federal appeals court, Bowers hopes to return to his job as police chief and resign as mayor -- at least so long as his appointed successor isn't Myers.

On May 8, 2009, JOAN KATHRYN LANG COFFIN BOWERS, of Preston, MD; beloved wife of Edgar Scott Bowers; dear mother of Elizabeth M. Johns, Joseph E. Coffin, Jeffrey S. Coffin, Michael T. Coffin, and John R. Coffin; and loving grandmother of eight. She was predeceased by a sister, Jane Lang and two brothers, John Lang and Robert Milton Lang, Jr., and her previous husband, Joseph Edward Coffin. The funeral services will be 3 PM Wednesday, May 13th, at the Moore Funeral Home, P.A., 12 S. Second Street, Denton, MD 21629 where there will be a public viewing one hour prior to the service.

On May 8, 2009, JOAN KATHRYN LANG COFFIN BOWERS, of Preston, MD; beloved wife of Edgar Scott Bowers; dear father of Elizabeth M. Johns, Joseph E. Coffin, Jeffrey S. Coffin, Michael T. Coffin, and John R. Coffin; and loving grandfather of eight. She was predeceased by two brothers, John Lang and Robert Milton Lang, Jr. and her previous husband, Joseph Edward Coffin. The funeral services will be 3 PM Wednesday, May 13th, at the Moore Funeral Home, P.A., 12 S. Second St., Denton, MD 21629 where there will be a public viewing one hour prior to the service.

On February 6, 2009, SUSAN STORY BOWERS, formerly Susan Walsh of Baltimore, of natural causes. She is survived by two daughters, Sara and Brigit Bowers and a brother, Robert M. Story of Ellicott City. Services and interment private by the family.

On September 30, 2008, CHARLES HENRY, Ph.D.; husband of Marjorie J. Bowers; father of Bernard (Rita) Bowers; grandfather of Ariel and Alana; brother-in-law of Patricia Bentley and Barbara Gilbert. He's also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Phillips Funeral Home, 1721-27 N. Monroe Street on Monday from 2 to 8 P.M. Family visitation 6 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends on Tuesday 10 to 10:30 A.M., at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, 416 E. 23rd Street, with funeral services to follow.

Dr. Charles Henry Bowers, whose career as a Baltimore educator spanned nearly four decades, died Tuesday in his sleep at his Govans home. He was 83. Born in Baltimore and raised on Fulton Avenue, Dr. Bowers was a 1943 graduate of Dunbar High School. His college studies at what is now Morgan State University were interrupted when he enlisted in the Navy during World War II. "He was among the first group of African-Americans trained as machinist mates who reached the rank of machinist mate third class," said his son, Bernard A. Bowers of Pikesville, who is director of diversity at Loyola High School.

On April 25, 2008 Elizabeth RUTH (nee Schwartz) Bowers of Alum Bridge, WV, formerly of Reisterstown, beloved wife of the late James L. Bowers and companion of John Ernest Bucheimer, Jr., sister of Doris Marie Hackett; sister-in-law of Margaret Lafferty. Also survived by niece Barbara Sears and numerous other nieces and nephews. Services from the ELINE FUNERAL HOME, 11824 Reisterstown Road (at Franklin Blvd.) on Tuesday, 11 A.M. Interment Oaklawn Cemetery. Friends may call Monday, 7 to 9 P.M. www.ElineFuneralHome.

On April 20, 2008, FLORENCE ALMEDA BOWERS of Parkville, MD. Beloved wife of the late Earl C. Bowers. Loving sister-in-law of Esther Bailey. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Services will be held at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Bel Air, MD, on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 11 A.M. Interment will be in Bel Air Memorial Gardens, Bel Air, MD. Friends may call at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., Bel Air, MD, on Tuesday from 6-8 P.M. Contributions may be made to Hospice of Baltimore, Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care, 555 W. Towsontown Boulevard, Towson, MD, 21204.

As a Towson elementary school student, Keith Bowers took a field trip to Columbia during the 1960s to watch the town being built and to walk on one of the trails that wind beneath an overpass. Decades later, the 48-year-old landscape architect, founder and president of Biohabitats Inc., is looking at ways to protect, conserve and restore Columbia's land, streambeds and woodlands as downtown becomes more populated. Bowers, whose ecological restoration design, planning and assessment business is part of the downtown design team that General Growth Properties Inc. has put together, led a public forum Wednesday to introduce his company.

William Bowers Jr. was an assistant principal who knew how to take a joke. When kindergartners noticed that he accidentally wore mismatched shoes one day, tickled colleagues at Bodkin Elementary School allowed all students to wear mismatched shoes to class the next day. "Bowers laughed along with the rest of the school," Principal Charles Jansky said. By his co-workers' accounts, the 41-year-old Bowers also readily volunteered for events. On March 4, he went out to dinner with several teachers before returning to the Pasadena school to host math night with parents and students.

On Wednesday March 5, 2008, WILLIAM M. "Bill";devoted son of William M. Bowers, Sr.; and the late Evelyn Bowers; beloved father of Connor G. Bowers and sister of Elizabeth Bowers. Friends may call on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at the Stallings Funeral Home P.A., 3111 Mountain Road, Pasadena. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Tuesday, 11 a.m. at The Saint Gertrudes Monastery at the Benedictine School, 14299 Benedictine Lane, Ridgely, MD 21660. Memorial contributions to the Connor Trust Fund, C/O, PNC. Bank 460 W. Main Street , Middletown, DE 19709.