Bower, Edith Lorraine Hoover

After her heroic battle with Arteriosclerosis, she passed away
on June 1, 2010, at her home in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Born in
Sacramento 82 years ago Edith Lorraine (Hoover) Bower is now
reunited in heaven with her mother Stella, father George,
brother's Harold and Clifford, sister Shirley, son John Packard
and son-in-law Dennis Forney. She is survived by her devoted
husband Arthur Bower of Rancho Cordova where they resided
in love for 42 years, sister-in-law Arlene Hoover of Fremont,
daughters Kathleen (Jim) McDaniel of Rancho Cordova, RaShell
Forney of Auburn, daughter-in-law Melodee Packard of
Roseville, and grandchildren Tom (Patricia) Davis of Kirkland,
Wash., Christopher McDaniel of Rancho Cordova, Tiffany Davis
of Sacramento, and Victoria Packard of Colfax. Also missing
her loving affection will be her 5.5 great-grandchildren, plus
many nieces, nephews and cousins. During WWII Edith was a
decoder at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco and
serviced trucks for the U.S. Army. She practiced as a LVN in
S.F., then went into electronics where she proudly worked on
the space exploration shuttles. Edith most enjoyed being
home doing stitchery and crossword puzzles. She had a great
love of laughter and zest for life. Graveside service will be
held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, at Mt. Vernon Cemetery,
8201 Greenback Ln in Fair Oaks, CA 95628.

Published in The Sacramento Bee on June 4, 2010

 

 

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