Elizabeth M. Bowes

Elizabeth M. Bowes, 84, of Westport, wife of the late Frank J. Bowes, died February 3 at Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs Bowes was born in Westport, daughter of the late Edward and Mary Kavanagh McDonald, and had been a lifelong resident.

Survivors include two sons, Brian M. Bowes of Newtown, and Frank M. Bowes, Jr, of Westminster, Colo.; one brother, Thomas McDonald of Florida; and two grandchildren, C. Austin Bowes of Newtown and Brendan M. Bowes of Keene, N.H.

For the past 20 years Mrs Bowes had worked in the Westport town clerk’s office part time as a clerk. Prior to the town clerk’s office, Mrs Bowes had worked for several years at Stauffer Chemical Co. in Westport. She loved politics, traveling, reading, golf, and enjoyed gardening and walking around Compo Beach.

A Mass of Christian Burial took place February 10 at Assumption Church, Westport. Interment followed in Assumption Cemetery, Greens Farms.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford CT 06492.

The Newtown Bee     February 11, 2005