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John Bowns

[February 02, 2015]  LINCOLN - John Bowns, 81, of Lincoln passed away at 5:30 a.m., January 30, 2015 at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.

Visitation:  From 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday February 4, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Service: 11 a.m. Thursday February 5, at the First Baptist Church in Lincoln with a visitation one hour prior to the service

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln

Obituary

John Bowns, 81, of Lincoln passed away at 5:30 a.m., January 30, 2015 at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.

John was born on December 13, 1933 in Lincoln, the son of Wm. Franklin and Iva Myrtle Naugle Bowns. He married Beverly June Tebo on May 14, 1977 in Lincoln. She survives in Lincoln; also surviving is his sister, Mary Bowns-Howerton of Lodi, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Wayne and Jim; his sisters, Helen Bowns and Mildred “Millie” Bowns Fox.

John was a veteran of The U.S. Army; he served his country during The Korean War. He was a painting contractor and he was a long time member of The First Baptist Church.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. with a visitation one hour prior on Thursday February 5, 2015 with Rev. Ben Manley and Rev. Robert Williams officiating at First Baptist Church in Lincoln.

A visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday February 4, 2015 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Memorial donations may be made in John’s name to the First Baptist Church Building Fund.

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