Marjorie Faye Bowen, age 91, a former resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, and more recently of Spring Hill, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 2, 2019, at the Spring Hill Care and Rehab Center. She was born January 7, 1928, in Plew, Missouri, the daughter of Orval Sparks and Olga Baker Sparks.
She married William R. Bowen on August 3, 1946, in Columbus, Kansas. Marjorie passed away one day prior to their 73rd wedding anniversary. Marjorie worked in the housekeeping department at Mercy Hospital in Ft. Scott.
She retired as Head of Housekeeping after twenty years of service. She enjoyed sewing and crocheting as well as cooking, reading and working puzzles. She loved spending time with her family and grandchildren. Survivors include her husband, Bill, of the home; three children, Linda McClanahan, of Paola, Kansas, Billy Bowen and wife, Barbara, of Willard, Missouri and Jim Bowen and wife, Pam, of Alma, Nebraska.
Also surviving are eight grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren and three great- great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, Girvan, Wallace, Willard, Kenneth and Carol Sparks and two sisters, Jean Burnett and Mary Means.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, August 10th at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.
