===================================================================== Match: Bowles Source: [email protected] From: "Debbie V." <[email protected]> Subject: [BOWLES] BOWLES, Grace B. (DOUGLASS) 1921-2008 obit The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, March 2-5, 2008 WILDWOOD - Grace B. BOWLES, 86, of Libertyville, formerly of Wildwood, Mundelein and Ozark, passed away at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, in Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2008, in Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna, with the Rev. David WEBB officiating. Eastern Star rites will be accorded by the Egyptian Chapter No. 30 OES. A committal service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 8, 2008, in Zion Cemetery, east of Ozark. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 4503 W. DeYoung Street, Suite 200C, Marion, IL 62959. Grace had been employed at the Print Shop of Decorel in Mundelein. Grace was a sergeant in the British Army during World War II. She immigrated to the United States in 1946. She was a member of the Church of England. She was also a member of Egyptian Chapter 30 Order of the Eastern Star in Vienna. Grace enjoyed knitting and was an avid reader. She was born Sept. 26, 1921, in Chatham, England. She was the daughter of Charles Samuel and Mary (PORTER) DOUGLASS.. She was the daughter of Charles Samuel and Mary (PORTER) DOUGLASS [sic]. Grace was united in marriage to David Ross BOWLES Sr. on May 23, 1945, in Twickenham, England. He preceded her in death Aug. 29, 1977. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret and Dirk STEPHENS of Wildwood and Lillian and Eugene STEINMAN of Round Lake Beach; two sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas BOWLES and Jonni LUKENBILL of Round Lake and David and Linda R. BOWLES Jr. of Libertyville; two brothers, Charles DOUGLASS and William DOUGLASS; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a son-in-law, Woody SCRUGGS of Ozark. In addition to her parents and husband, Grace was preceded in death by a daughter, Christine SCRUGGS. ================================================================