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Show Reunion Puts 323 Relatives At Birthday Having 323 kinfolk at a family reunion was a lifetime special event for 95-year-old Mary Ethel Bowman, mother of Bud Bowman of Panguitch. The reunion at Modesto, Calif, saw Bowman re-united with all 14 of his living brothers and sisters. Mrs. Bowman is even doing better now than she was several years ago. Going from a walker to a cane, she said she is ready for another good time with her family. Living in a Brethren Church home, by choice, she marvels at the wonderful treatment she receives there. The sprightly, alert near-centenarian was named California Mother of the Year in 1979 and again in 1982. Her children came from eight states and from as far away as Iowa and Missouri. Smiling Bud Bowman chuckles, "She's really something! " |
