Topeka Services for Marguerite Tarr Bowman, 88, Topeka, will be 1 p.m. Monday at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Funeral Home, Topeka.
Mrs. Bowman died Friday, Jan. 11, 2002, at Midland Hospice, Topeka.
She was born Aug. 24, 1913, in Lecompton, the daughter of Thomas Tar and Effie May Fiddler. She was a longtime resident of Topeka. She lived in Yucaipa, Calif., from 1945 to 1951.
She married Albert W. Bowman on Sept. 12, 1944, in Kansas City. He died in 1978.
Mrs. Bowman worked at Morrells, W.A.L. Thompson Hardware Co. and Martin Marietta. She volunteered at the Lecompton Historical Society after she retired. She played semiprofessional softball in the 1930s for the Ed Marlings, DX Oilers and Baughman teams. She was a member of the Eastern Star for more than 50 years.
A daughter, Karen Bowman Frear, died earlier.
Survivors include one brother, Robert Tarr, Marietta, Ga.; two daughters, Phyllis Nations, Topeka, and Darlene Langley, Locust Grove, Ga.; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from noon to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home, where family will receive friends from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The family suggests memorials to Lecompton Historical Society, c/o Betty Leslie, Lecompton 66050. or Midland Hospice House, 200 S.W. Frazier Circle, Topeka 66606.
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