Ruth A. Bowersox
Ruth A. Bowersox 80, Rochester, and longtime time Leiters Ford, resident, passed away at 7:57 p.m. Sunday May 24, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne.
She was born on Dec. 12, 1934 in Fulton County, the daughter of James and Goldia (Garland) Calhoun. In 1952 at the Leiters’ Ford United Methodist Church, she married John R. Bomersox and he survives.
Mrs. Bowersox retired from Hart, Schaffner and Marx after fifteen years of service. She previously had worked at Leiters Ford School in the cafeteria.
Survivors include her husband: John R. Bowersox, Rochester; son: Dale Robert (Margaret) Bowersox, Culver; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and sister: Carol Kelsey, Monterey. She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter: Doris Ann Cool; son: Dean John Bowersox; brothers: James W. Calboun; and Jack A. Calhoun; sisters: Clara Large; Susie Reinhold; and Linda Baker.
No services will be observed at this time. Burial will be at a later date at Leiters Ford Cemetery, Leiters Ford.