John R. Bower, 84, rural Wabash, died at 8:02 p.m. Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Parkview Wabash Hospital.

He was born Aug. 26, 1938. On Nov. 23, 1957, he married Judith E. Roth, who survives.

He also is survived by two children, Tracy (Scott) Berkshire, Amboy, and Tony Bower, Wabash; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and his sister, Beatrice Reed, Kokomo.

Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, is handling arrangements.