Died 13 December 1913

#1-Published in Enterprise on 19 December 1913

DEATH OF HORACE BOWEN

Horace Bowen, for many years a resident of Washington county, died at a hospital in Denver, Colo., Saturday afternoon, December 13th, after having suffered for many months with cancer of the face.

About three years ago Mr. Bowen had an eruption on his lower lip which developed into a cancer; this was removed by a surgical operation, but about a year ago the cancer reappeared on the face near the right ear. Last Saturday morning he underwent another operation in which over two-thirds of the lower jaw was removed, but did not survive, passing away the same afternoon.

Monday Geo. B. Riker arrived in Blair with the body which was taken direct to the cemetery where a brief service was conducted by Rev. Sturdevant and all that was mortal of Horace Bowen was laid to rest by the side of his parents and three brothers who had preceded him to the great beyond.

Mr. Bowen was sixty-three years of age and will be remembered by all of the earlier residents of Blair and Kennard, as he lived for many years on a farm near the latter place. He wa unmarried but leaves two sisters, Lucy of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs. Anna Smiley of Omaha, one brother, Harry of Chicago.

Mrs. Smiley and Mrs. W.R. Bowen, a sister-in-law of the deceased, were up from Omaha to attend the last sad rites.

#2- Published in the Pilot December 17, 1913

Horace Bowen died from the results of a facial cancer, following an operation, at his home in Denver, Colo., las Saturday, and Geo. B. Ricker, of Fort Morgan, Colo., brought the body here on the morning train from the west Monday. Mrs. Anna Smiley and Mrs. W. R. Bowen came up from Omaha on the afternoon train and the remains were taken direct to the cemetery for burial. Rev. F. M. Sturdevant conducted a short service at the side of the grave. He was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, March 30th, 1850, and came to Blair with his parents in an early day. He was a son of Hon. John S. Bowen, member of the territorial legislature in this state and one of the incorporators of the S. C. & P. Railway Co., who died here June 4th, 1889. Another son, Wm. R. died in Omaha May 6th, 1899. But one son is now living, Harry, of Chicago. Mis Lucy Bowen, of Colorado Springs, is a sister of the deceased, also Miss Anna Smiley, of Omaha.

#3 Printed in the December 18, 1913 Blair Democrat

DIED IN DENVER

The body of Horace Bowen, who forty years ago was a resident of Blair, was brought here from Denver Monday and laid to rest by the side of his parents in the Blair cemetery.

The deceased was the son of Judge Bowen, one of the first settlers of the county and grew to manhood here. For the past forty years he had been prospecting in the Rocky mountains. He had been ill in Denver for the last two years and died Saturday following a very severe operation for cancer.

George B. Riker accompanied the body east. Mrs. W.R. Bowen and Mrs. Smiley of Omaha were the only relatives able to be present.

~~~ Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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