NameBuena Geraldine DAVIS157
Birth9 Feb 1903, Welton, Clinton Co., Iowa
Death21 May 1975, Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Burial24 May 1975, Milton Cemetery, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
Spouses
Birth4 Nov 1899, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin
Death24 Jan 1978, Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Burial27 Jan 1978
OccupationAssembly Line, Burdick Corporation
Marriage31 Jul 1921, Duncan Creek, Wisconsin
Notes for Buena Geraldine DAVIS
Buena Geraldine (Davis) Bowers 1903-1975
"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, May 29, 1975, p 3.
Mrs. O. Rex Bowers, 72, of 620 E. High Street, died Wednesday, May 21 at the Homestead Nursing Home, Janesville, following a short illness. She had entered the nursing home in April.
The former Buena Davis was born Feb. 9, 1903, in Welton, Iowa, the daughter of Oscar and Rachel Van Horn Davis, and had lived most of her life in the Milton area. She married Rex Bowers July 31, 1921, in Duncan Creek, Wis.
Mrs. Bowers was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church and Women's Circle.
Survivors include her husband; three sons, Norman, Bremerton, Wash., Earl, San Jose, Calif., and Donald, Waukesha; five daughters, Mrs. Virginia Keister, Trout Creek, Mont., Mrs. Zada Harrington, Clinton, Iowa, Mrs. Wanda Manthei, Janesville, Mrs. Mary Thomas, Redding, Calif., and Mrs. Wilma Anderson, Edgerton; four brothers, Rev. Arlie Davis, Phoenix, Arizona, Wilmer, Lake Port, Calif., Duane, Aurora, Colo., and Wesley, Milan, Ill.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 24 at Albrecht Funeral Home, The Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial was in Milton Cemetery with Roger Burdick, Ralph Green, Paul Green, Larry Leach, Louis Sunby and Charles Williams as pallbearers.
Notes for Oscar Rex (Spouse 1)
Oscar Rex Bowers 1899-1978
"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 26, 1978, p 5.
Oscar Rex Bowers, 78, of 620 E. High St., longtime Milton resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Janesville Health Care Center, where he had been a patient for one month.
He was born Nov. 11, 1899 in Ladysmith, the son of Oscar and Mary Caukins Bowers, and married the former Buena Davis July 31, 1921, in Duncan Creek. She died May 21, 1975.
Residing in the Milton area for 52 years, Mr. Bowers was employed by Burdick Corporation until his retirement in 1958.
Survivors include five daughters, Virginia Keister, Trout Creek, Mont., Zada Harrington, Clinton, Ia., Wanda Manthei, Janesville, Mary Thomas, Gilchrist, Oregon, and Wilma Anderson, Edgerton; three sons, Norman, Bremerton, Wash., Earl, San Jose, Calif., and Donald, Artesia, New Mexico, and one brother, Richard Bowers, Phoenix, Ariz.
Services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 27, at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Milton, with Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Visitation will be held from 7 to 8:30 p,m, tonight, Thursday, at Albrecht Funeral Home. Burial will be in Milton Cemetery.