David Ward L Bowerman, a minister of the Gospel for over sixty years, returned to his Heavenly Father in the late hours of May 16, 2011, at his home, after a lengthy illness, with his beloved wife and children by his side.
Dave, as he was universally known, was born on a farm in rural Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, on August 13, 1929, to Edward Leroy "Roy" Bowerman and Laura Rosalie (Anderson) Bowerman, the fifth of six children. His youth was spent in that area, receiving his education in a one-room schoolhouse. After high school, Dave traveled with two of his brothers across western Canada, doing mostly farm and lumber mill work. In 1947, while attending a church youth camp at Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Dave met and began dating the young lady who would become his bride of nearly sixty-one years, Myrtle Anholt of Edmonton, Alberta. The couple was united in marriage in Edmonton on June 10, 1950. To this union, the couple would eventually be blessed with five children, four sons and one daughter. About a year after marrying, Dave and Myrt, as she was known to family and friends, immigrated from Canada to the U.S. with their eldest child. They first settled in Pasco, Washington, where two of his brothers lived. They later moved to and lived in Omaha, Nebraska, for a short time, and finally arrived in Independence, Missouri, in early 1953, where the family lived for the next six years. Dave spent most of those years working in marketing and sales with such companies as Lever Brothers and Prudential Insurance. However, in 1959, after the urging of a long-time friend and mentor in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), Dave, Myrt, and their children accepted full-time church appointment and moved to the Omaha-Council Bluffs area where they would live for the next seven years. Over time, Dave's ministerial assignments would bring his family and him back to Kansas City, followed by Tulsa, Oklahoma, finally returning to the Independence area where Dave and Myrt resided since 1983. Dave retired from full-time RLDS appointment in 1991, having faithfully served the church for 32 years. He did not, however, retire, choosing instead to facilitate the organization of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints where he continued preaching and providing other administrative and ministerial leadership until his declining health prevented him from doing so.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Edna and Olive; and two brothers, Steve and Ted. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle, of the home; four sons: Donald and wife, Tina, of Council Bluffs, IA; Grant and wife, Jane, of Blue Springs, MO; Van of Independence, MO; Reginald and wife, Lesa, of Shakopee, MN; and one daughter, Patricia Jobe, and husband, Robert, of Delaware, OK. Dave is also survived by his brother, Glenn Bowerman, of Independence, MO, and sister-in-law, Irene Klugman, of Temple, CA. Dave leaves nine grandchildren: Chad, Rachel, Sarah, David, William, Leah, Matthew, Shannon, Sean, and one great-grandchild, Anna; many cousins, nieces, nephews, and countless friends to mourn his passing.
A private family graveside service was held at Lobb Cemetery, in rural Jackson County, MO, on May 21, 2011.
Dave, as he was universally known, was born on a farm in rural Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, on August 13, 1929, to Edward Leroy "Roy" Bowerman and Laura Rosalie (Anderson) Bowerman, the fifth of six children. His youth was spent in that area, receiving his education in a one-room schoolhouse. After high school, Dave traveled with two of his brothers across western Canada, doing mostly farm and lumber mill work. In 1947, while attending a church youth camp at Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Dave met and began dating the young lady who would become his bride of nearly sixty-one years, Myrtle Anholt of Edmonton, Alberta. The couple was united in marriage in Edmonton on June 10, 1950. To this union, the couple would eventually be blessed with five children, four sons and one daughter. About a year after marrying, Dave and Myrt, as she was known to family and friends, immigrated from Canada to the U.S. with their eldest child. They first settled in Pasco, Washington, where two of his brothers lived. They later moved to and lived in Omaha, Nebraska, for a short time, and finally arrived in Independence, Missouri, in early 1953, where the family lived for the next six years. Dave spent most of those years working in marketing and sales with such companies as Lever Brothers and Prudential Insurance. However, in 1959, after the urging of a long-time friend and mentor in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), Dave, Myrt, and their children accepted full-time church appointment and moved to the Omaha-Council Bluffs area where they would live for the next seven years. Over time, Dave's ministerial assignments would bring his family and him back to Kansas City, followed by Tulsa, Oklahoma, finally returning to the Independence area where Dave and Myrt resided since 1983. Dave retired from full-time RLDS appointment in 1991, having faithfully served the church for 32 years. He did not, however, retire, choosing instead to facilitate the organization of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints where he continued preaching and providing other administrative and ministerial leadership until his declining health prevented him from doing so.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Edna and Olive; and two brothers, Steve and Ted. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle, of the home; four sons: Donald and wife, Tina, of Council Bluffs, IA; Grant and wife, Jane, of Blue Springs, MO; Van of Independence, MO; Reginald and wife, Lesa, of Shakopee, MN; and one daughter, Patricia Jobe, and husband, Robert, of Delaware, OK. Dave is also survived by his brother, Glenn Bowerman, of Independence, MO, and sister-in-law, Irene Klugman, of Temple, CA. Dave leaves nine grandchildren: Chad, Rachel, Sarah, David, William, Leah, Matthew, Shannon, Sean, and one great-grandchild, Anna; many cousins, nieces, nephews, and countless friends to mourn his passing.
A private family graveside service was held at Lobb Cemetery, in rural Jackson County, MO, on May 21, 2011.
David Ward L Bowerman, a minister of the Gospel for over sixty years, returned to his Heavenly Father in the late hours of May 16, 2011, at his home, after a lengthy illness, with his beloved wife and children by his side.
Dave, as he was universally known, was born on a farm in rural Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, on August 13, 1929, to Edward Leroy "Roy" Bowerman and Laura Rosalie (Anderson) Bowerman, the fifth of six children. His youth was spent in that area, receiving his education in a one-room schoolhouse. After high school, Dave traveled with two of his brothers across western Canada, doing mostly farm and lumber mill work. In 1947, while attending a church youth camp at Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Dave met and began dating the young lady who would become his bride of nearly sixty-one years, Myrtle Anholt of Edmonton, Alberta. The couple was united in marriage in Edmonton on June 10, 1950. To this union, the couple would eventually be blessed with five children, four sons and one daughter. About a year after marrying, Dave and Myrt, as she was known to family and friends, immigrated from Canada to the U.S. with their eldest child. They first settled in Pasco, Washington, where two of his brothers lived. They later moved to and lived in Omaha, Nebraska, for a short time, and finally arrived in Independence, Missouri, in early 1953, where the family lived for the next six years. Dave spent most of those years working in marketing and sales with such companies as Lever Brothers and Prudential Insurance. However, in 1959, after the urging of a long-time friend and mentor in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), Dave, Myrt, and their children accepted full-time church appointment and moved to the Omaha-Council Bluffs area where they would live for the next seven years. Over time, Dave's ministerial assignments would bring his family and him back to Kansas City, followed by Tulsa, Oklahoma, finally returning to the Independence area where Dave and Myrt resided since 1983. Dave retired from full-time RLDS appointment in 1991, having faithfully served the church for 32 years. He did not, however, retire, choosing instead to facilitate the organization of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints where he continued preaching and providing other administrative and ministerial leadership until his declining health prevented him from doing so.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Edna and Olive; and two brothers, Steve and Ted. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle, of the home; four sons: Donald and wife, Tina, of Council Bluffs, IA; Grant and wife, Jane, of Blue Springs, MO; Van of Independence, MO; Reginald and wife, Lesa, of Shakopee, MN; and one daughter, Patricia Jobe, and husband, Robert, of Delaware, OK. Dave is also survived by his brother, Glenn Bowerman, of Independence, MO, and sister-in-law, Irene Klugman, of Temple, CA. Dave leaves nine grandchildren: Chad, Rachel, Sarah, David, William, Leah, Matthew, Shannon, Sean, and one great-grandchild, Anna; many cousins, nieces, nephews, and countless friends to mourn his passing.
A private family graveside service was held at Lobb Cemetery, in rural Jackson County, MO, on May 21, 2011.
Dave, as he was universally known, was born on a farm in rural Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, on August 13, 1929, to Edward Leroy "Roy" Bowerman and Laura Rosalie (Anderson) Bowerman, the fifth of six children. His youth was spent in that area, receiving his education in a one-room schoolhouse. After high school, Dave traveled with two of his brothers across western Canada, doing mostly farm and lumber mill work. In 1947, while attending a church youth camp at Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Dave met and began dating the young lady who would become his bride of nearly sixty-one years, Myrtle Anholt of Edmonton, Alberta. The couple was united in marriage in Edmonton on June 10, 1950. To this union, the couple would eventually be blessed with five children, four sons and one daughter. About a year after marrying, Dave and Myrt, as she was known to family and friends, immigrated from Canada to the U.S. with their eldest child. They first settled in Pasco, Washington, where two of his brothers lived. They later moved to and lived in Omaha, Nebraska, for a short time, and finally arrived in Independence, Missouri, in early 1953, where the family lived for the next six years. Dave spent most of those years working in marketing and sales with such companies as Lever Brothers and Prudential Insurance. However, in 1959, after the urging of a long-time friend and mentor in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), Dave, Myrt, and their children accepted full-time church appointment and moved to the Omaha-Council Bluffs area where they would live for the next seven years. Over time, Dave's ministerial assignments would bring his family and him back to Kansas City, followed by Tulsa, Oklahoma, finally returning to the Independence area where Dave and Myrt resided since 1983. Dave retired from full-time RLDS appointment in 1991, having faithfully served the church for 32 years. He did not, however, retire, choosing instead to facilitate the organization of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints where he continued preaching and providing other administrative and ministerial leadership until his declining health prevented him from doing so.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Edna and Olive; and two brothers, Steve and Ted. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle, of the home; four sons: Donald and wife, Tina, of Council Bluffs, IA; Grant and wife, Jane, of Blue Springs, MO; Van of Independence, MO; Reginald and wife, Lesa, of Shakopee, MN; and one daughter, Patricia Jobe, and husband, Robert, of Delaware, OK. Dave is also survived by his brother, Glenn Bowerman, of Independence, MO, and sister-in-law, Irene Klugman, of Temple, CA. Dave leaves nine grandchildren: Chad, Rachel, Sarah, David, William, Leah, Matthew, Shannon, Sean, and one great-grandchild, Anna; many cousins, nieces, nephews, and countless friends to mourn his passing.
A private family graveside service was held at Lobb Cemetery, in rural Jackson County, MO, on May 21, 2011.
