Norman G. Bowling

Norman G. Bowling, age 89, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, August 26, 2013 at Ottawa Retirement Village. The family will meet with friends at Dengel & Son Mortuary from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Thursday, August 29, 2013 and process to Highland Cemetery, Ottawa for graveside services. Interment Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas. He was born Norman Glenn Watkins on Tuesday, August 19, 1924 in Lawrence, Kansas, and adopted by Ernest and Viola (Reusch) Bowling. Norman lived in Douglas County, Kansas as a youth and in Prestonville, Kansas until moving to Franklin County in 1946. Norman attended Lone Elm Grade School and Lawrence High School. He worked for Cloverleaf Creamery, later Bennett's Creamery from 1948 until 1962 and then twenty years for National Sign Company, retiring in 1982. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Ottawa. He was an avid gun collector and trader of antiques. On Sunday, June 20, 1943 Norman was united in marriage with Shirley J. Sellers at Prestonville, Kansas. She preceded him in death on May 28, 2008. Survivors include his son, Gary Bowling of Ottawa; granddaughters, Jenny Jackson, Brandy Johnson, Crystal Soph, and Ashea Finch; grandsons, Josh, Blaine, and Ryan Bowling and wife Megan; great grandson, Tyler Jackson; great granddaughters, Emma Jane and Kate Renee Bowling; and two daughters-in-law, Eileen and Mary Beth Bowling. Norman is also preceded in death by his two sons, Charles and Rex Bowling; parents, Ernest and Viola Bowling; sister, Phyllis Richardson; brother, LeRoy Watkins; and daughter-in-law, JuLee Bowling. The family suggests memorial contributions to Prairie Paws c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, Kansas 66067. An online Guest Book is available at www.dengelmortuary.com.