Robert J Bowman
Born: May 6th, 1940
Died: December 16th, 2017
Obituary
Robert J. Bowman Sr., 77, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of New London, died 10:35 a.m., Saturday, December 16, 2017 at his son's residence.
Born May 6, 1940 in Burlington, he was the son of Harold Joseph Sr. and Esther May (McGinity) Bowman. He married Linda Lee Allen. They later divorced.
For most of his life Mr. Bowman was a mechanic working on transmissions. He also worked at Pak-A-Way. His hobbies included fixing bikes, fishing, building motors in his Dad's basement and Nascar.
Survivors include his children; Robert J. (Janelle aka Jenny) Bowman Jr. of Mt. Pleasant, Crystal (Tom) Brown of Winfield, Candy (Scott) Christofferson of Mt. Union, Tammy Bowman of Burlington, Rory Judd of Disco, IL, Roxanne (Bill) Langer of TN, Ronita (Paul) Berg, James (Debbie) Pulse, Jerry (Amy) Pulse, Joe Pulse, and special friend, Esther Teel, all of Monmouth, IL; Thirty six grandchildren; forty five great grandchildren; three brothers, Richard Bowman and Harold J. Bowman Jr., of Burlington, and Jerry Bowman of Olewein; one sister, Margaret Krieger of Burlington; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one daughter.
A memorial has been established.