This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bowman, Mansfield Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1492 Message Board Post: Deseret Morning News, 07/18/05 Alvin Curtis Bowman, age 62, passed away after a patient and courageous battle with cancer Friday, July 15, 2005. He was born May 28, 1943, in Montpelier, Idaho. His grade school years began in Clearfield, Utah, and from there to Bountiful, where he graduated from Bountiful High School. He learned early to appreciate good music and played the piano well. In high school and college, he frequently participated in various choral groups and enjoyed playing the organ in the Bountiful Temple. He was always active in the church and served an LDS mission to Germany. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in biological sciences. After serving in the Army in Vietnam for over a year, he worked in New York City in a bank and then retired after 31 years of government service. He married Gretta Mansfied in the Salt Lake Temple, later divorced. He is survived by his daughter, Somerset, age seven; mother, Mazi Cundick; brother, Roy Bowman; and stepsisters, Karlen Schwizsow, and Karen Klungervik. In addition, he has one niece and three nephews, as well as aunts, uncles, and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main, Bountiful, Wednesday, July 20, at 11 a.m., viewing from 10-10:45 a.m.. Interment, Bountiful City Cemetery. If desired, a contribution can be made to the American Cancer society in lieu of flowers. Thanks to the caring staff of Harmony Hospice. Published in the Deseret News on 7/18/2005.