The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday February 5, 1952 David J. Bowers. David J. BOWERS, 87, of 808 East Fourth, died Monday in a Topeka hospital. Mr. Bowers made his home on a farm in Nemaha County until moving to Topeka 30 years ago. He is survived by a son, Cecil Bowers, of Berryville, Ark.; a stepson, Jack Hewitt, of Oneida, Kan., and four grandchildren.