Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Carolyn Ruth Bowman

Female 1953 - 1959  (6 years)


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  • Name Carolyn Ruth Bowman 
    Born 9 May 1953  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-136832 
    Died 9 Jun 1959  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Cause: burns 
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I136832  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Harold Leon Bowman,   b. 3 Aug 1928,   d. 19 Jan 2018, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Doris Ruth Bearinger,   b. 2 Jun 1928,   d. 23 Nov 2017, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F41823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Bowman, Carolyn, daughter of Harold and Doris (Bearinger) Bowman, Kitchener, Ont., was born May 9, 1953; died at the Toronto Children's Hospital, June 9, 1959, of burns received when her housecoat caught fire from an electric stove; aged 6 y. 1 m. Surviving, besides her parents, are a brother (David), and her grandparents (Mr. and Mrs. Moses Bowman and Mr. and Mrs. David Bearinger). Funeral Services at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, June 12, were in charge of Curtis C. Cressman and Moses S. Bowman; interment in Memory Gardens, Breslau, Ont. At the hospital Carolyn, with a radiant smile, told her grandmother, "If I go to be with Jesus now, you can see me in heaven when you come."

      Gospel Herald - Volume LII, Number 29 - July 28, 1959-page 671, 672

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Carolyn Bowman - July 28, 1959.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 May 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: burns - 9 Jun 1959 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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