DORA A. BOWEN
Dora A. Bowen, 76, passed away peacefully Oct. 28, 2017, at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Born Aug. 15, 1941, in Camden, Arkansas, where she lived in Louann, Arkansas, to the age of 18, then moving with her family to Las Vegas.
She began her college education in Nevada, then moved to Michigan, where she attended Lansing Community College while also being employed there as a budget analyst.
Over the next 40 years, she was employed at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, as an associate director of budget & financing, then moving to Lyons College in Bates-ville, Arkan-sas, in the financial department. Then she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she was employed at the private liberal arts college, Santa Fe College.
After her retirement, she returned to Las Vegas to care for her mother Louise Horan until her death in 2015.
She enjoyed traveling over the world, after a cruise in Europe she had planned another trip next year. She loved studying, learning new things and her love of cooking. So she enrolled in the Le Cordon Bleu Cooking and was very proud to receive her degree upon graduation. She loved her gourmet cooking.
Dora is preceded in death by her mother, Louise Horan a brother W. C. “Dub” Bowen, Jr.
She is survived by her sister, Vicki Smith of Las Vegas, and an aunt Neva Harwell of Little Rock, Arkansas, two nephews, Marvin and Steven Smith of Las Vegas.
She is also survived by one grand nephew, Matthew Smith, and grand nieces Caitlin and Ciera Smith, great-grand nephew Theodore “Teddy” Smith.
The family is very grateful to Yolanda Bolanos for the help given to Dora the past year.
Visitation will be Thursday, Nov. 2 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Memorial service to be Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. at Palm Henderson Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Highway in Henderson, Nevada. Burial will follow at Palm Henderson Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials take the form of contributions and donations to the American Cancer Society or St. Jude’s Children Hospital.
Guest book at http://www.palmmortuary.com.