Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, December 14, 1993 TAG: 9312140220
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT-BOWER, OMA GERTRUDE
BOWER, Oma Gertrude, 74, of Roanoke, died Monday, December 13, 1993 in a
local hospital. She had been in declining health for the past two years. Mrs.
Bower was born July 16, 1919 in Northfork, W. Va., the daughter of the late
Ruby Price and Florence Arvesta (Russell) Shupe. On October 26, 1936, she
married Eugene Charles Bower in Welch, W. Va. and remained in West Virginia
until moving to Roanoke in 1955. Although divorced, they remained devoted to
each other until he passed away, December 5, 1993. She will be buried at his
side. Mrs. Bower was a former hairdresser at Jolie's Beauty Shop. She was also
preceded in death by a baby brother, Clarence Elmo, and one sister, Hallie Mae
Christian. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert E. and Sandra
Bower, Roanoke; two daughters, Brenda M. Brugh, Roanoke and Patricia A. Crouch
and companion, Rocky Swisher, of Harrisonburg; grandchildren, Darrell Bowles
and wife, Karyna Heffernan, Brooklyn, N.Y., Edward L. Powers Jr., Richmond,
and Kathleen Snellings and husband, Dwayne, Richmond, Yvette Beheler and
husband, Steve, of Roanoke; three brothers, Thomas Howard Shupe,
Christiansburg, James William Shupe, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Roy Lee Shupe,
Westland, Mich.; one sister, Lois Maryline Mullins, Ormond Beach, Fla. Funeral
services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lotz Roanoke Chapel by Rev. Raymond
Powers Jr. officiating, with interment in Sherwood Memorial Park. The family
will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 9 p. m. at the Lotz Roanoke Chapel.
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Virginia.
by CNB