Died 8 February 1907

Burial in Blair Cemetery

Published in Courier on 13 February 1907

George Bowen was found dead in his room at Mrs. Fick's house, opposite the passenger depot, last Friday morning, death having occurred some time after three o'clock, as others were with him up to that time. The body was removed to Coroner Pierce's morgue and the funeral services were held at the cemetery on Saturday. His sister, Mrs. Anna Smiley, and Mrs. Will Bowen came up from Omaha to attend the funeral. George was a son of the late Judge John S. Bowen, of this city, and was 54 years of age. Besides Mrs. Smiley, above mentioned, he leaves one other sister, Miss Lucy Bowen, for many years a resident of this city but now of Colorado Springs, Colo., and three brothers, Arthur of Denver, Colo., Horace of Reno, Colo., and Harry of Chicago.

#2-published in The Democrat on 14 February 1907

George Bowen was found dead in bed in his room at Mrs. Fick's last Friday morning. He died between the hours of 3 o'clock a.m. and 7 a.m. as he had asked his room mates to call a doctor for him about 3 o'clock that morning as he was suffering considerable pain in his side, but the doctor called refused to come out and George told the boys to go back to bed as he would be all right soon. Deceased was about 54 years old and was a son of the late General Bowen, who came to this county from Pennsylvania in 1856. The funeral was held from Pierce's undertaking parlors Saturday afternoon and interment made in the Blair Cemetery.

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