DOUGLAS SYDNEY “DOUG” BOWER, PASSED AWAY AT CLARESHOLM CARE CENTRE APRIL 2, 1999 AT THE AGE OF 45 YEARS.
DOUG WAS BORN JULY 25, 1953 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED ST. MATHEW’S AND BISHOP GRANDIN SCHOOL’S WHERE HE COMPLETED GRADE TWELVE.
DOUG WORKED AT NUMEROUS JOBS AROUND CALGARY, INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL FOODS. HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING AS HIS MENTAL STABILITY BECAME WEAKENED. HE ATTENDED NUMEROUS GROUP HOMES TO NO AVAIL AND FINALLY BECAME A RESIDENT AT THE CLARESHOLM CARE CENTRE IN 1993 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
DOUG LOVED TIMES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT THE COTTAGE.
BELOVED SON OF LOU AND AGNES BOWER OF CALGARY, BROTHER OF THREE SISTERS BRENDA (ERNIE) LAWSON OF SPRUCE GROVE, LINDA (BOB) BELL, PATRICIA (LARRY) BOWER-KRAUSE ALL OF CALGARY, FOUR NIECES THREE NEPHEWS, THREE UNCLES, THREE AUNTS AND NUMEROUS COUSINS.
FUNERAL MASS AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHAMPION THURSDAY APRIL 8, 1999 AT 2 P.M. WITH FR. DAN STEVENOT CELEBRANT.
INTERMENT CHAMPION CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TRIBUTES IN DOUG’S MEMORY COULD BE MADE TO THE PROVINCIAL MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD CLARESHOLM SITE, BOX 490 CLARESHOLM TOL OTO.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.