Auglaize County, Ohio

History and Genealogy

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Bowersock

First Name: Richard Daloon

Father's Name: Lewis Vere Bowersock

Mother's Maiden Name: Carolyn Zerkel

Spouse's Name: Joan M. Thompson

Death Date: Oct 8, 2000

Cause of Death:

Death Location: Lima, Allen County OH

Source: St. Marys Evening Leader

Additional: Richard Daloon "Richie" Bowersock, 74, of Lima, died at 3:20 p.m. Sunday, October 8, 2000 at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. He was born May 29, 1926, in Logan Township, Auglaize County, to Lewis Vere and Carolyn Fredericka (Zerkel) Bowersock. On Oct. 26, 1951, he married Joan M. Thompson, who survives. Additional survivors include three sons, Gregory L. Bowersock, Robin L. (Cheryl) Bowersock and Jeffery B. (Brenda) Bowersock, all of Lima; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert (Dorothy) Bowersock of Wapakoneta and three sisters, Lois Vere Posey of Harrison, Mich., Jennie (Rev. Leonard) Spacht of Wapakoneta and Norma Jean Green of Buckland. He was preceded in death by one son, Richard Dean Bowersock, one brother, Ralph Bowersock and two sisters, Eunice Ritter and Lila Bowersock. Mr. Bowersock served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, and retired as a Master Sergeant from the U.S. Air Force after 21 years of military service. He also retired as manager of Defiance Commons in Wapakoneta. He was a member of the Buckland United Church of Christ, American Legion Post 96, the Auglaize County Genealogical Society, of which he was vice president and former president, and the First Families of Van Wert and Auglaize Counties. He was a volunteer at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, and was the "Volunteer of the Year" in 2000, and received the valor award in 2000. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Bayliff and Son Funeral Home in Cridersville, with the Rev. Carl Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Buckland Cemetery, where military rites will be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1275. The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the family.



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