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Joel Bowers

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Joel Bowers

Birth
Bellwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
9 Feb 1973 (aged 76)
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Bellwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Section 3 Lot W1/2 #34
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One of 13 children of Michael Daniel Bowers and Angeline McKinney, husband of Martha Adele Pletcher Bowers to whom he was married 56 years. He and Martha were married in Cumberland, Maryland in December of 1916. He was the father of Catherine Hand, Robert William Bowers, Joel Philip Bowers, Betty Nail Hirsch, Michael Grant Bowers and Jane Bricker. He was a brakeman and conductor on the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and lived in Bellwood, Pennsylvania at 609 North Tenth Street which had been his wife's childhood home. Survived by 31 grandchildren. His son, Robert, was killed on North Tuckahoe Street in Bellwood in a traffic accident that Joel witnessed. Joel was returning home from work and seven year old Robert had run to join him.



At seven oclock this morning an alarm trom tbe siren on the public building took tbe firemen to Ninth street, where the roof of the bome of Joel Bowers was a flame, from an overheated flue. Upon their arrival the blaze was quickly conquered.
Bellwood Bulletin, March 28, 1928
One of 13 children of Michael Daniel Bowers and Angeline McKinney, husband of Martha Adele Pletcher Bowers to whom he was married 56 years. He and Martha were married in Cumberland, Maryland in December of 1916. He was the father of Catherine Hand, Robert William Bowers, Joel Philip Bowers, Betty Nail Hirsch, Michael Grant Bowers and Jane Bricker. He was a brakeman and conductor on the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and lived in Bellwood, Pennsylvania at 609 North Tenth Street which had been his wife's childhood home. Survived by 31 grandchildren. His son, Robert, was killed on North Tuckahoe Street in Bellwood in a traffic accident that Joel witnessed. Joel was returning home from work and seven year old Robert had run to join him.



At seven oclock this morning an alarm trom tbe siren on the public building took tbe firemen to Ninth street, where the roof of the bome of Joel Bowers was a flame, from an overheated flue. Upon their arrival the blaze was quickly conquered.
Bellwood Bulletin, March 28, 1928

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  • Maintained by: Albert Ledoux
  • Originally Created by: jbowers
  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18543505/joel-bowers: accessed ), memorial page for Joel Bowers (24 Apr 1896–9 Feb 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18543505, citing Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Albert Ledoux (contributor 46511171).