Marjorie Bowers

Marjorie M. Bowers, 98, of Pleasant Valley, Iowa, died Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the Iowa Masonic Health Facility in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Thursday, November 17, 2016 at McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home in Bettendorf.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services Thursday at the funeral home.  Burial will follow at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Pleasant Valley, Iowa.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church of Pleasant Valley, the LeClaire Community Library or to King's Harvest Ministries in Davenport.

Marjorie was born April 15, 1918 near Dysart, Iowa, the daughter of Roy & Anna (Nass) Bowers.  She was the oldest of seven children.  She attended rural school near La Porte City, Iowa and then finished 8th grade near Center Point, Iowa where her folks moved in 1926.    She graduated from Troy Mills High School in 1937 and later attended Iowa State Teachers College.  She earned her B.A. in teaching from Marycrest College in Davenport.  She taught rural school in Linn County for five years and then was employed with the Rock Island Arsenal.  She then taught in Pleasant Valley for eighteen years, Cody Elementary School in LeClaire for two years and fifteen years at Grant Wood Elementary in Bettendorf.

Marjorie was a member of the Retired Teachers and had belonged to the Friendship Force Unit of the Quad-Cities.  She was a member of the Moline/Rock Island Bowling Association for more than twenty-five years and had attended National Bowling Tournaments all over the country.  She enjoyed gardening, fishing in Minnesota, camping in Bagley, Wisconsin and she was a fan of the Chicago Cubs.

Those left to honor her memory include her sister Phyllis (Howard) Ciha of Lisbon, Iowa: her brothers  Claire Bowers of Center Point, Iowa, Ralph (Nonie) Bowers of Martelle, Iowa: her sister-in-law, Thelma Bowers of Pleasant Valley: and many nieces and nephews.

Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Russel in 1977, Paul in 2007 and Dean in 2014; her sister-in-law, Bernice Bowers; her life Companion, Arlene "Sis" Krambeck; close friend, Gen Peterson; and her dog, Tweety.

Marjorie wanted to express special thanks to her Care Giver, Thelma Bowers, all her bowling friends over the years, all of her nieces and nephews, her surviving siblings and to her other good friends.