Residence: Buffalo, Indiana
Died: Sunday, June 02, 2013
Location: 12:00 p.m. (noon), at the White Oak Health Campus of Monticello, Indiana
 
 
Age: 84
Date of Birth: Tuesday, June 26, 1928
Birth place:

Branch: National Guard

 
Father: Gordon Bowsher
 
Mother: Alice ( Westerhouse ) Bowsher
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Lived in the Buffalo community most all of his life.
Funeral Date: Friday, June 07, 2013
Funeral Location: 10:30 a.m., Celebration of Life Service at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana
Clergy: Tom Haynie of the Buffalo Christian Church of Buffalo, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
Buffalo Cemetery in Buffalo, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
4:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, June 6, 2013, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Bob had lived in the Buffalo, Indiana, community most all of his life. He was an self employed excavator for forty-five (45) years, retiring in 2009. Bob took care of the Buffalo Cemetery in Buffalo, Indiana, since 1969 and had dug numerous graves. He had served in the Indiana National Guard for several years. Bob was a member of the Buffalo Christian Church of Buffalo, Indiana and had been baptized there. He drove school bus for the North White School Corporation for thirty-five (35) years. Bob loved camping, fishing, hunting and especially coyote hunting. He was the world's BEST storyteller and always had a story to tell and share, most all of them being the truth.
Special Services:
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the American Kidney Foundation. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On October 30, 1948, in Angola, Indiana, he married Lillian Day. She died June 22, 2001.
Survivors include:
Sons, Tom (wife Karen) Bowsher, and Mark (wife Penny) Bowsher, both of Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana; Granddaughters, Stephanie (husband Shannon) Mattix of Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana, and Danelle (husband Daniel) Groves of Lexington, Kentucky; Grandson, Joshua "Josh" (wife Stephanie) Bowsher of Rensselaer, Indiana; Great Grandchildren, Ty and Trey Mattix at home in Monticello (Buffalo area), Indiana, Nathan and Evan Groves at home in Lexington, Kentucky, andLevi Robert Bowsher at home in Rensselaer, Indiana;Brother, William "Bill" (wife Leada) Bowsher of Sawyer, Michigan.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Gordon and Alice (Westerhouse) Bowsher; Wife, Lillian Bowsher; Son, Steve Bowsher.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana 47960 ( 574 ) 583-8488.