AKRON - Frances E. Bowyer, 80, of 208 N. Maple St., Akron, died at 7:30 p.m. July 13, 2007, in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She was born March 27, 1927, in Detroit, Mich., to Orla Clyde and Ethel Smith Bowyer.
She lived with the Francis Tarter family for 38 years. She was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Akron.
Surviving are four sisters: Eleanor D'Angelo, Okemos, Mich.; Margaret Hanson, Taylor, Mich.; Muriel Kistler, Chino, Calif.; and Catherine Clark, Southgate, Mich.; two brothers, Lewis Bowyer, Indianapolis, and Richard Bowyer, Texas. She was preceded in death by a sister and four brothers.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron, with Pastor Wayne Balmer officiating. Burial will be in Gaerte Cemetery, southeast of Akron.
Calling is from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Akron.
