Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Betty Bower
Betty Jane Bower, 90, Rockford, passed away Jan. 7, 2013, at the Van Wert In-Patient Hospice Center, Van Wert.
She was born Aug. 11, 1922, in Fort Wayne, Ind., to James B. and Pearl (Byers) Kesterson. On June 30, 1951, she married Robert Bower, and he preceded in death on Jan. 17, 2006.
She had been a bookkeeper in Fort Wayne, until moving to the area with her husband in the 1960s.
No services are planned, but those wishing to send condolences may do so at ketchamripley.com.
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