Feb 11, 2014

Mother and grandmother

Ellen Bowman, 86, of Canonsburg, died Monday, February 10, 2014, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center, South Strabane Township.

She was born March 16, 1927, in Metropolis, Ill., a daughter of the late Ray and Pearl Warick Griffey.

Ms. Bowman was Presbyterian. On December 9, 1944, she married Dorse E. Bowman, who passed away August 31, 2002.

Surviving are two sons, Larry Bowman and his wife Linda of Washington and Harold Bowman and his wife Sharon of Canonsburg; two brothers, Louis Griffey and his wife Pat of South Carolina and Elmer Griffey and his wife Louise of Elkheart, Ind.; a sister, Mary Griffey of Metropolis; five grandchildren, Mark, Alan and Todd Bowman, LeighAnn Geckle and Valarie Squire; six great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Gene Bowman of Canonsburg; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased, in addition to her husband, are her son, Alan Bowman, and brothers Albert, Paul, Floyd, Revern and Lloyd Griffey.

There will be no public visitation. Services are private and entrusted to Sollon Funeral Home Ltd., 30 East College Street, Canonsburg, J. David Sollon, supervisor, and Phillip L. Sollon, director.

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