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Bowles, Jack D.
Jack D. Bowles, 85, of Iowa City, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Pioneer Park Care Center in Lone Tree. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Burial, with military honors, will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
He was born in Janesville, Ill., on Dec. 3, 1926, the son of Mark Hanna Bowles and Hazel Delores (Eggers) Bowles. He attended grade school in Janesville, Chicago, Casey and Toledo, Ill. He graduated from Toledo High School in Illinois in 1945, and was president of his senior class. Jack joined and served in the U.S. Naval Air Corps in 1945 and was discharged with a perfect 4.0 conduct rating. He also attended Eastern Illinois State Teachers College. Jack held various jobs, including at the U.S. post office for seven years, manager of F.W. Woolworth for eight years, manager of a salvage company for five years, owner of the Stardust Inn for four years, Realtor/broker for 12 years and center manager of AAMCO Transmissions for five years, retiring in 1989.
Jack met and married Barbara Lundgren in Chicago in 1961. Jack and Barbara were avid bowlers throughout the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 19990s, bowling in several different leagues. Jack even won the All Events in the I.C. Men's City Tournament in 1978. They passed on their love of the sport to all four of their children.
Jack is survived by his children, Lesa of Iowa City, Mark (Julie) of Tampa Fla., Scott of Chicago and Jeff (Linda) of Houston, Texas; his sister, Marilyn Millin of Eagle River, Wis.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara; his mother; father; brother, Kenny; and stepdaughter, Debbie.
His children would like to thank the staff of Hospice Compassus and Pioneer Park Care Center in Lone Tree for all the care Jack received during the last months of his life.
Memorial donations can be made in Jack's memory to Hospice Compassus or Pioneer Park Care Center Employee Fund.
Online condolences may be sent for his family through the web at www.gayandciha.com.
Published May 11, 2012 in The Gazette
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