Lester Burle "Les" Bowman

1912 - 1991  (79 years)

• Name	Lester Burle "Les" Bowman
  Born	5 May 1912	Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1979	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-239154
  Died	7 Oct 1991	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I239154	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Noah W. Bowman,   b. 3 Sep 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Mar 1949, Gowanstown, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Susannah Zurbrigg,   b. 16 Jun 1872, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Nov 1931, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1897	Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F40148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche Kathleen Daily,   b. 27 Apr 1919,   d. 23 Jan 2011, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F60777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BOWMAN Lester (Les) of Langs Drive, Cambridge on Monday, October 7, 1991 at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in his 80th year. Beloved husband of Blanche Daily, dear father of Ronald and his wife Fran of Cambridge, Marlene and her husband Bruce Heckendorn of Paris, Kathryn Bowman of Cambridge and Karen Bowman of Richmond B.C., lovingly remembered by 8 grandchildren and 1 great grandson. Predeceased by six brothers and five sisters. He was the last survivor of his family. Mr. Bowman was born near Listowel and came to Preston in 1943. He had been employed at Hostess Food Limited, retiring in 1977. He was a member of St. Andrews United Church and the Wandering Canadian Camping Club of Cambridge. The family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge (today) Tuesday 2 4 and 7 9 p.m. The Funeral Service will be conducted on Wednesday, October 9, 1991 at St. Andrews United Church, 546 Montrose Street North, Cam bridge at 11:00 a.m. Interment following in Listowel Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy donations to St. Andrews Memorial Fund or the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation gratefully appreciated by the family Cambridge Reporter

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64777142/lester-burle-bowman. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Noah Bowman, 23, res. Waterloo, b. Canada, farmer, s/o Emanuel Bowman, & Elizabeth Bowman, married Susan Zurbrigg, 24, res. Wallace, b. Canada, laborer, d/o John Zurbrigg and Lydia Good. 7 Apr 1897 Wallace

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 May 1912 - Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1979 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Oct 1991 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth