A visitation for John Fredrick Bowden will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 at the Whitaker-Eads Funeral Home at Trenton.
The body will be cremated following the visitation. General visitation begins at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 at the funeral home.
Mr. Bowden, a 76-year-old resident of Trenton, died at 9:41 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, at his residence, where he was under hospice care.
Mr. Bowden was born on Nov. 10, 1941 in Cairo, the son of John Harry and Marguerite Ellen Wolverton Bowden. He graduated from Cairo High School in 1959, then attended Moberly Junior College as well as Kirksville State Teachers College. He owned his own insurance and real estate agency from the early 1960’s into the mid-1980’s. He worked at Trenton Municipal Utilities from the early 1990’s until his retirement.
He enjoyed hunting deer, turkey and quail as well as fishing. He liked to keep up on sprint car racing and liked to spend time woodworking.
Mr. Bowden is survived by his son, Jeff Bowden and his wife, Pam, of Trenton; daughter, Sara DeFily and her husband, John, of Fulton; grandchildren, Chase Bowden of St. Petersburg, FL, Randy, Matthew and McKenna Bowden of Trenton, and Anna and Gabe DeFily of Fulton.
Mr. Bowden is preceded in death by his parents and a son, Kevin Bowden.
The family has asked that memorial donations be made to either the grandchildren’s scholarship fund, the Trenton Elks Lodge or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. These may be left at or mailed to the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at www.whitakereads.com.
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