This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gowan, Sommers Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADE/1730.1 Message Board Post: Ukiah Daily Journal Tuesday, September 19, 1995 OBITUARIES Robert 'Bob' Gowan A funeral for Robert "Bob" Gowan, 78, of Ukiah, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Eversole Mortuary. He died Saturday, Sept. 16, 1996 at his residence, of natural causes. Gowan was born Jan. 20, 1917 in Ukiah, where he lived for 63 years. His last employer was Ford Gravel Company, where he worked as an operating engineer for 18 years. He was an avid bowler, and at one time he was a top bowler in Ukiah. Survivors include his wife, Marguerite Gowan of Ukiah; daughters, Janet Sommers of Ukiah and Dolores L. Gowan of Harriett, Ark.; three sons, Gerald D. Gowan, Ronald L. Gowan and James Robert Gowan of Ukiah; 18 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. through services Wednesday at Eversole Mortuary, which is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be at Ukiah Cemetery on Low Gap Road. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Mendocino County Indexes http://www.pacificsites.net/~pcarna Mendocino County Tombstone Photos http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/