Bowersox

On December 12, 2003 PEGGY BOWERSOX with her loving family by her side seccumbed to her battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of Franklin D. Bowersox, devoted mother of Patricia Wells, Steve Orick, Theresa Thrasher-Fenters and Thomas Thrasher. Also survived by fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Friends are invited to call at the Burgee-Henss-Seitz Funeral Home, Inc., 3631 Falls Road, on Saturday and Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Services on Monday at 10 A.M. Interment in Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery.

O Services and interment were private. Arrangements by Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, Waynesboro, PA.

On January 2, 2004, JAMES ROBERT BOWERSOX, SR., of Severna Park, MD., beloved husband of Marie A. Bowersox, loving father of James R. Bowersox, Jr. and Anne Heinlein, dear sister of Mary Wood and Barbara Schoen. Devoted grandfather of four grandchildren. Family and friends are invited to BARRANCO & SONS, P.A. SEVERNA PARK FUNERAL HOME, Ritchie Highway at Robinson Road, on Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday 10 A.M. at the St. John Evangelist Church.

Mary Louise Bowersox, a homemaker and volunteer, died of pneumonia Sept. 2 at William Hill Manor in Easton. The former Timonium resident was 84. Born Mary Louise Pacy in Baltimore and raised on Riverside Avenue, she was the daughter of movie theater owner Arthur Pacy. She was a 1938 graduate of Southern High School and remained active in its alumni association. In 1943, she married J. Artie Bowersox, a mechanical engineer at the National Brewing Co. He died in 1993. Mrs. Bowersox was a volunteer at the Senior Craft Gallery run by the Baltimore County Department of Aging at the former Loch Raven Elementary School.

On November 14, 2005 CATHERINECAROLINE (nee Foertschbeck), beloved wife of the late Charles A. Bowersox Sr. Loving mother of Catherine S. Barton and her husband John, Charles A. Bowersox Jr. and his wife Susan, Richard L. Bowersox and his wife Angel, and Barbara A. Koch and her husband Paul. Cherished grandmother of ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Also survived by brother Joseph Foertschbeck and sister-in-law Zola Pemberton A Mass of Christian Burial Service will be celebrated at Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church Friday 10 A.M. Interment at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery.

Mary Louise Bowersox, a homemaker and volunteer, died of pneumonia Sept. 2 at William Hill Manor in Easton. The former Timonium resident was 84. Born Mary Louise Pacy in Baltimore and raised on Riverside Avenue, she was the daughter of movie theater owner Arthur Pacy. She was a 1938 graduate of Southern High School and remained active in its alumni association. In 1943, she married J. Artie Bowersox, a mechanical engineer at the National Brewing Co. He died in 1993. Mrs. Bowersox was a volunteer at the Senior Craft Gallery run by the Baltimore County Department of Aging at the former Loch Raven Elementary School.

Florence E. Bowersox, retired treasurer of a flooring company and the granddaughter of the founder of the company that makes Reese's peanut butter cup candies, died Tuesday of heart failure at her son's home in the Madonna section of Baltimore County. She was 83 and had lived in Forest Hill. Until she retired nearly 23 years ago, Mrs. Bowersox was the treasurer of Boulevard Distributors, a building supply firm, and the Waverly Floor and Wallcovering Co., two businesses she ran with her husband.

In the early 1950s, Jack Bowersox went from being an all-state quarterback at Westminster High School to being a national champion playing left guard at the University of Maryland.All the while, he also played linebacker on the defensive side of the line."I just wanted to play football," Bowersox said, "It was quite a transition, (going from quarterback to offensive guard), but it was all football and everything worked out fine. I played offensive tackle back in the 10th grade, which helped."

Robert Lansing "Sox" Bowersox, a retired partner in a Baltimore auto leasing company and former Towson resident, died of heart failure Saturday at a veterans hospital in Bay Pines, Fla. He was 86. Mr. Bowersox was born in Baltimore and raised on Maryland Avenue. He was the son of Ernest Bowersox, sports editor of the old Baltimore American newspaper. He graduated in 1935 from Charlotte Hall Military Academy in St. Mary's County, and joined the Maryland State Police in 1941. "As a trooper, Sox rode a Harley-Davidson motorcycle while providing law enforcement for Southern Maryland.

On July 27, 2006, ERNEST L.; beloved husband of Mary E. (Betty Bowersox); devoted father of Elizabeth Ann Patrick, Mary Katheryn Lamont and John E. (Jack Bowersox). Also survived by nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the family owned Evans Chapel of Memories-Parkville on Sunday and Monday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9pm. Vigil Service on Monday, at 3:30pm. A Funeral Liturgy will be held at St. Isaac Jogues Church on Tuesday, at 10:30am. Interment Parkwood Cemetery.

On March 29, 2005 HELAINE ANN (nee Kerby) BOWERSOX, of Pikesville, beloved wife of the late Robert F. Bowersox; mother of Melinda A. Hipsley, Pamela M. Valis and Karen E. Davis; godmother of Bobby Vermillion; sister of Frederick Kerby and the late George Kerby; grandmother of Troy S. and Chad W. Hipsley, Sean G., Randy L. and Kaitlyn M. Valis, Wyatt A., Kyle R. and Colton G. Davis; great-grandmother of Jordan R. and Emily E. Hipsley. Services from the ELINE FUNERAL HOME, 11824 Reisterstown Road (at Franklin Blvd.

A Carroll County Circuit Court judge said he would issue a decision after hearing arguments yesterday on three local developers' challenge to the legality of the county commissioners' yearlong freeze on new development. The developers' attorney, David K. Bowersox, said the law is the issue, and he asked for a summary judgment ruling in favor of his clients. Bowersox argued that the county commissioners had no authority to institute the freeze in June last year. Carroll does not have a charter government that would grant such power, he said, and the officials did not seek legislation in the General Assembly that would have allowed such an action.

Timing is everything. Just ask the emergency medical technicians at Taneytown Volunteer Fire Company who were returning to the station Sept. 2 when they witnessed a 5-year-old girl get hit by a pickup truck. "It was a matter of being in the right place at the right time," said Wendy Bowersox, lead paramedic on the ambulance who helped save the little girl's life that day. For their efforts, Bowersox and EMTs Stephanie Lowry, Josh Willet, Bethany Six and Wendy Parker were honored recently with the Star of Life Award from Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.

On December 12, 2003 PEGGY BOWERSOX with her loving family by her side seccumbed to her battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of Franklin D. Bowersox, devoted mother of Patricia Wells, Steve Orick, Theresa Thrasher-Fenters and Thomas Thrasher. Also survived by fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Friends are invited to call at the Burgee-Henss-Seitz Funeral Home, Inc., 3631 Falls Road, on Saturday and Sunday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Services on Monday at 10 A.M. Interment in Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery.