Helen M. Bower, 88, of West Lafayette, died Monday, September 26, 2016, at 2:11 a.m. at Cumberland Pointe in West Lafayette. Born in Lafayette, IN, November 9, 1927, she had lived in Oxford, Lafayette and Pensacola, FL. Ms. Bower worked at Indiana Associated Telephone Company in revenue accounting for 3 1/2 years, and then retiredContinue Reading
Helen M. Bower
November 9, 1927 - September 26, 2016
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Church of the Blessed Sacrament
2224 Sacramento Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Wednesday 9/28,
9:30 am
Helen M. Bower, 88, of West Lafayette, died Monday, September 26, 2016, at 2:11 a.m. at Cumberland Pointe in West Lafayette.
Born in Lafayette, IN, November 9, 1927, she had lived in Oxford, Lafayette and Pensacola, FL.
Ms. Bower worked at Indiana Associated Telephone Company in revenue accounting for 3 1/2 years, and then retired from 20 years in the US Army in January, 1969. She was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church in West Lafayette, and a member of American Legion over 12 years; DA Life Member since May, 1982; VFW since May, 1988; Altar Society at St. Mary Catholic Church, Pensacola, FL (over 4 years including secretary and treasurer positions).
She served during the Korea and Vietnam wars and then worked at Contract Administration in Administrative Building at Purdue University as Clerk III for 3 1/2 years before retiring to Pensacola, FL for 13 years and returning to the Lafayette area.
Funeral mass will be in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 28, with Fr. Andy Dekeyser officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in Oxford.