San Luis Obispo, California
Eilleen Marie Lewis Bowen, 92, formerly of Los Osos, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at Ingleside Assisted Living in Atascadero. She was born in 1917 in Ipswich, S.D., the only child of Cora Liggett Lewis and Elmer David Lewis. She moved with her family to Burbank, Calif., in 1925, where she...
Read MoreBeing the daughter of Mary and Chang Reynolds, I knew Eilleen it seems like forever. Visiting Mary would include a stop at the Bowen's, always. I was honored to take Mary to visit Eilleen shortly before her passing. We spent the time thumbing through the bound book that held the story and pictures of her life. She and Charles were special people in our family's life. She was such a wonderful person!
Lois Reynolds Mead
November 28, 2010 | Orinda, CA
Eilleen and Chuck Bowen supported many nature- and conservation-related organizations, including the Los Osos/Morro Bay Chapter of SWAP (Small Wilderness Area Preservation). They became members in 1985, when the effort began to save the 90-acre El Moro Elfin Forest, and continued their (recently Eilleen's) membership to the present. Eilleen was a good, generous, kind and thoughtful person who greeted everyone with a smile. On behalf of the SWAP Board of Directors, I wish to say that we...
Yolanda Waddell
October 08, 2010 | Los Osos, CA
Eilleen was a guiding force for the Museum of Natural History at the Morro Bay State Park in the formation of the Natural History Association and a library centered on natural history subjects for the education of school children and the public.
I worked with her for many years and miss the interaction we shared.
Margaret Diehl
October 04, 2010
Nana with her Wieland great-grandies, June 2010
Nana Bowen was a wonderful grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved her "great-grandies" and I will always remember, and tell our kids about, how she wallpapered her refrigerator with pictures of them. Every time we read the Curious George books she sent us, we will think of her. She had a unique way of always picking just the right book. I will also remember how she loved birds, clam chowder, See's candy, and Scrabble. She will be missed!
Jennifer Bowen Wieland
September 28, 2010 | Shawnee, KS
Dear Gordon and Linda,
Please accept my sincere condolences...I am so sorry for your loss.
Love, Jamie
Jamie Thistlethwaite
September 28, 2010 | Santa Rosa, CA
The members of Epsilon Delta Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International send condolences to Eileen's family. Eileen was devoted to family and made outstanding contributions to education and community. We are honored to call her "sister" and our thoughts and prayers are with her family.
Epsilon Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma
September 27, 2010 | San Luis Obispo, CA
Veronica Bratt
September 27, 2010 | Los Osos, CA