Maurine Mildred Bowen (Wiler)

Maurine Mildred Bowen

April 16, 1922 – September 18, 2018

Maurine Mildred Bowen passed on to Heaven after 96 years of a full and loving life. She was born to Floyd and Ida Wiler in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She married her high school sweetheart Richard (Dick) Bowen on August 23, 1942 in the Little Brown Church in the Vail in Nashua, Iowa. Maurine and Dick raised three boys, David, Jim and Mark. Maurine had many loves in her life including ice cream, gardening and her flowers, ice cream, the Denver Broncos, ice cream and card playing. She was a fierce competitor, not even letting her young grandchildren win! She had a very strong love for her Lord and Savior. She was a very talented artist and quilter. She always believed her greatest achievement was her family.

For the last 9 years she has been residing at The Homestead Assisted Living in Montrose, Colorado where she turned her apartment into a loving home. Hope West Hospice has also been treating her for the past 2 years. Maurine and her family were blessed to receive the wonderful care provided by all of these selfless individuals.

She is survived by her sons, Jim (Maryanne) Bowen of Gunnison, CO; Mark (Jane) Bowen of Silver City, NM; daughter-in-law Joni Bowen of Montrose, CO; her 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard, son David, sisters Helen Sherman, Grace Bragonier, Ruth Wynn and granddaughter Susan Maurine Bowen.

A memorial service will be held at The Homestead in Montrose, CO at 1819 Pavilion Drive on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. She will be joining her husband, Dick, in a burial service to be held at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, CO on Thursday September 27, 2018 at 12:00 noon. A celebration of her life will be held immediately after at Cafe Vino on College Ave at 1:30.

Memorial donations can be made to the Colorado Talking Book Library, Volunteers of America or Hope West Hospice.

Mom, enjoy your new life in Heaven. We will miss you!