Long-time Clark County resident Linda Irene Bower, 68, died Feb. 3, 2010, in Vancouver, after a lengthy illness.
She was born March 25, 1941, to Frederick E. "Bud" Bower and his first wife, Irene Faye (Jones) Bower. She was the graddaughter of early pioneers Fred and Hulda K. (Yann) Bower of the Sara, Washington area.
After graduating from Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing, Linda Bower worked as a registered nurse in the surgical department of the former Vancouver Memorial Hospital. Although she never married, she adopted seven special needs children, five of whom she raised to adulthood.
She was preceded in death by her father, Bud Bower, step-mother Sharon (MacDougall) Bower, brother Frederick E. "Skip" Bower Jr., and daughter Laura Irene Bower. Survivors included mother Irene Bower, sons Brian Bower, Robert "Robbie" Bower, and Jospeh "Jody" bower, daughter Melissa and Melinda "Mindy", and brother Kelly Edwin Bower. She is alsosurvived by grandchildren, in-laws, niece, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins, some of whom live in Clark County.
She was cremated and her ashes have been scattered according to her wishes. A stone, engraved in her memory, is in the Bower family plot in the Sara Union Cemetery in Ridgefield, WA. (Information from The Reflector, Battle Ground, WA. 19 May 2010)
She was born March 25, 1941, to Frederick E. "Bud" Bower and his first wife, Irene Faye (Jones) Bower. She was the graddaughter of early pioneers Fred and Hulda K. (Yann) Bower of the Sara, Washington area.
After graduating from Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing, Linda Bower worked as a registered nurse in the surgical department of the former Vancouver Memorial Hospital. Although she never married, she adopted seven special needs children, five of whom she raised to adulthood.
She was preceded in death by her father, Bud Bower, step-mother Sharon (MacDougall) Bower, brother Frederick E. "Skip" Bower Jr., and daughter Laura Irene Bower. Survivors included mother Irene Bower, sons Brian Bower, Robert "Robbie" Bower, and Jospeh "Jody" bower, daughter Melissa and Melinda "Mindy", and brother Kelly Edwin Bower. She is alsosurvived by grandchildren, in-laws, niece, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins, some of whom live in Clark County.
She was cremated and her ashes have been scattered according to her wishes. A stone, engraved in her memory, is in the Bower family plot in the Sara Union Cemetery in Ridgefield, WA. (Information from The Reflector, Battle Ground, WA. 19 May 2010)
Long-time Clark County resident Linda Irene Bower, 68, died Feb. 3, 2010, in Vancouver, after a lengthy illness.
She was born March 25, 1941, to Frederick E. "Bud" Bower and his first wife, Irene Faye (Jones) Bower. She was the graddaughter of early pioneers Fred and Hulda K. (Yann) Bower of the Sara, Washington area.
After graduating from Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing, Linda Bower worked as a registered nurse in the surgical department of the former Vancouver Memorial Hospital. Although she never married, she adopted seven special needs children, five of whom she raised to adulthood.
She was preceded in death by her father, Bud Bower, step-mother Sharon (MacDougall) Bower, brother Frederick E. "Skip" Bower Jr., and daughter Laura Irene Bower. Survivors included mother Irene Bower, sons Brian Bower, Robert "Robbie" Bower, and Jospeh "Jody" bower, daughter Melissa and Melinda "Mindy", and brother Kelly Edwin Bower. She is alsosurvived by grandchildren, in-laws, niece, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins, some of whom live in Clark County.
She was cremated and her ashes have been scattered according to her wishes. A stone, engraved in her memory, is in the Bower family plot in the Sara Union Cemetery in Ridgefield, WA. (Information from The Reflector, Battle Ground, WA. 19 May 2010)
She was born March 25, 1941, to Frederick E. "Bud" Bower and his first wife, Irene Faye (Jones) Bower. She was the graddaughter of early pioneers Fred and Hulda K. (Yann) Bower of the Sara, Washington area.
After graduating from Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing, Linda Bower worked as a registered nurse in the surgical department of the former Vancouver Memorial Hospital. Although she never married, she adopted seven special needs children, five of whom she raised to adulthood.
She was preceded in death by her father, Bud Bower, step-mother Sharon (MacDougall) Bower, brother Frederick E. "Skip" Bower Jr., and daughter Laura Irene Bower. Survivors included mother Irene Bower, sons Brian Bower, Robert "Robbie" Bower, and Jospeh "Jody" bower, daughter Melissa and Melinda "Mindy", and brother Kelly Edwin Bower. She is alsosurvived by grandchildren, in-laws, niece, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins, some of whom live in Clark County.
She was cremated and her ashes have been scattered according to her wishes. A stone, engraved in her memory, is in the Bower family plot in the Sara Union Cemetery in Ridgefield, WA. (Information from The Reflector, Battle Ground, WA. 19 May 2010)
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