Glenn F. Bower, 87, Hemple, MO
By: Gregory Hurt
Updated: February 21, 2013
Glenn F. Bower, 87, Hemple, Missouri died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at St. Luke's Northland Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.
He was born August 1, 1925, to Frank D. and Minnie (Long) Bower.
Glenn married Doris Lorraine Sill on December 29, 1945.
Mr. Bower was owner of Bower Construction for more than 50 years.
He was baptized at Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bower was a member and Past Master of Masonic Lodge #37, A.F. & A.M.; Stewartsville Chapter #175, Order of the Eastern Star; Thirty-Second Degree Scottish Rite Mason; Moila Shrine and past director of The Wrecking Crew; and Y-Fry Class 39. He was a former board member of The Kerns-Freeman Cemetery Association and a former 4-H project leader.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Dena Bower Bachman; parents; and five siblings, Georgia Elder, Beulah Lenke, Margia Hector, Dale Bower, and Elva Ann Randol.
Survivors: wife, Doris L. Bower, of the home; daughter, Denise Kretzschmar (Vic), Hemple, Missouri; granddaughters, Erin Nash (Michael), Kansas City, Missouri, and Gwen Ford (Richard), Adrian, Missouri; two great-grandchildren, Seth and Leah Ford; and several nieces and nephews.
Services: 10:00 A.M. Saturday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Kerns-Freeman Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Friday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Dena Bower Bachman Memorial Scholarship or Kerns-Freeman Cemetery.
He was born August 1, 1925, to Frank D. and Minnie (Long) Bower.
Glenn married Doris Lorraine Sill on December 29, 1945.
Mr. Bower was owner of Bower Construction for more than 50 years.
He was baptized at Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bower was a member and Past Master of Masonic Lodge #37, A.F. & A.M.; Stewartsville Chapter #175, Order of the Eastern Star; Thirty-Second Degree Scottish Rite Mason; Moila Shrine and past director of The Wrecking Crew; and Y-Fry Class 39. He was a former board member of The Kerns-Freeman Cemetery Association and a former 4-H project leader.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Dena Bower Bachman; parents; and five siblings, Georgia Elder, Beulah Lenke, Margia Hector, Dale Bower, and Elva Ann Randol.
Survivors: wife, Doris L. Bower, of the home; daughter, Denise Kretzschmar (Vic), Hemple, Missouri; granddaughters, Erin Nash (Michael), Kansas City, Missouri, and Gwen Ford (Richard), Adrian, Missouri; two great-grandchildren, Seth and Leah Ford; and several nieces and nephews.
Services: 10:00 A.M. Saturday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Kerns-Freeman Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Friday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Dena Bower Bachman Memorial Scholarship or Kerns-Freeman Cemetery.
