Marylyn Olive (Warner) Bowman passed away peacefully on October 31,2019 at Jefferson House in Newington. Marylyn was born in Hartford, CT on April 27, 1928 to A. Francis and Helen Warner. Marylyn lived in Wethersfield all her life growing up on Main Street. She graduated from Wethersfield High School Class of ‘46 and then from Morse Secretarial School. In June of 1948 she married her high school sweetheart George Penfield Bowman III. They raised their children Debby, George IV and Brent in the home her Father built on Main Street. Old Wethersfield always held a special place in Mom’s heart. We had lots of great times on Main Street. The house at the time was one of the few with a swimming pool, and all of the neighborhood kids and their moms would be over swimming and eating my Grandmother’s homemade cookies. Mom and Dad threw some great family and neighborhood parties (so I was told in later years by the neighbors). Mom was a girl scout leader and used to drag me to all of her after school meetings (no daycare then). I didn’t mind because I got all the attention from my Sister’s girlfriends. The 1970’s were hard on our family, losing my Sister to cancer in ‘71, my Brother to suicide in ‘76 and I continued to be a rebelling pain in their ass. In the late 70’s Mom and Dad moved to a beautiful house on Old Common in Pyquag Village where they put in a pool and continued having great parties (I had some great ones too!). Through it all, my parents were resilient and had many happy years at that house. Dad retired in December of ‘87 and they went to Florida for the winter. They came back in April and Dad was diagnosed with malignant melanoma and he passed away in September at age 60. Mom surprised me again by bouncing back and going on a hot air balloon ride. She loved wintering in Florida and spending time with my aunt Joan and her husband Bob. She continued with social activities volunteering as a docent for the Historical Society at the Keeney Cultural Center. She spent many happy hours playing bridge with her friends at the Wethersfield Country Club and going to the Bushnell to hear the orchestra perform classical music. One night I received a call from the Police Dispatcher saying that someone was following my Mom’s car and that they had her car “boxed in” at Collier Farms. Apparently, she was driving home from the Bushnell with a carload of friends and was bouncing off curbs. After dropping off the last one, the Police stopped her (me being a Police Officer this was a little embarrassing!). I got there and asked if she was OK and she said “I’m perfectly fine I don’t know what their problem is.” I told her to move over and I drove her car home. She admitted that she had two glasses of champagne at intermission! Mom was a great cook; she ate meat and potatoes, but she loathed vegetables. She could make anything taste good. She loved a good glass of champagne, chardonnay or pinot grigio. Even when she was diagnosed with Dementia, she would ask for her 4 p.m. wine. We gave her non-alcoholic wine after she took a spill, and she never knew the difference! Mom loved her family, especially her two grandchildren Brittany and Brent. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband George III, daughter Deborah, son George IV and her brother Howard Warner. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Brent and Annette Bowman, her grandchildren Brent Bowman Jr. and Brittany H. Bowman, all of Wethersfield, her nieces Sandy Bowman and Pam Meyer, and her nephews David and Greg Bowman and their families. The family would like to thank Linda Cosgrove and Jaeth Rodriguez for their care and support of Marylyn while she remained at home, as well as the caring and compassionate staff at Jefferson House for their amazing dedication to Marylyn and all of their patients. The funeral will be private at the convenience of the family. Services have been entrusted to D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield. To leave a message to the family, please visit www.desopofuneralchapel.com
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