Open Full Navigation
1139 Main Street, PO Box 99, Mount Desert,
ME 04660 | Phone: 207-244-3183
| Fax: 207-244-7514 | Email: info@jordanfernald.com
We're sorry but the candle you have selected is currenty in the process of being purchased or has just recently been purchased.
Please feel free to select another candle or check back in 15 minutes to see if the candle you have selected has been released for purchase.
Thank you.
Okay
We're sorry but there are no candles available for lighting.
Thank you.
Ok
You have already begun a candle purchase session. If you would like to continue with your current candle choice please click "Continue" otherwise please click "Select Another".
Thank you.
Select another
Continue
In Memory of
Martha E.
Bowes
Bowes
1934 - 2011
Click above to light a memorial candle.
Obituary for Martha E. Bowes
Sedgwick
Martha “Marta” E. Bowes, 77, died December 12, 2011 at a Deer Isle healthcare facility. She was born in New York, NY September 11, 1934 the daughter of Wallace F. and Agnes C. (Munz) Janssen.
She enjoyed art, painting, and crafts. She was a great seamstress and made her own clothes as well as for others. Marta was an avid gardener and loved music, singing, playing the organ and pipe organ. She taught music for 40 years. She had long ties with the Deer Isle community.
Marta was active in the Women’s Club of America, the Blue Hill Garden Club, the Bagaduce Chorale, Red Hat Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Sargentville Thursday Club, Deer Isle and Sunset Congregational Churches where she sung in the choir.
She is survived by sons, Daniel S. Bowes of Phillipi, W. VA and Andrew Bowes and wife Anne of Yorktown, VA; daughter, Caroline Bowes Griswold and husband Steven of Clarkesville, GA; sisters, Christine Randazzo of Chula Vista, CA, Judith Walters of Carlsbad, CA and Lois Goldrick and husband Marty of St. Joseph, MI; grandchildren, Carmen, Josh, Kaitlin, and Benjamin Bowes, Jennifer, Elise and Spencer Griswold; and two great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Donald S. Bowes in 2010.
Contributions in Marta’s memory may be made to the Town of Deer Isle, c/o Island Heating Assistance Program, P O Box 46, Deer Isle 04627 or the Bagaduce Music Lending Library, P O Box 829, Blue Hill 04614
A memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 141 South St. Blue Hill
Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com
Martha “Marta” E. Bowes, 77, died December 12, 2011 at a Deer Isle healthcare facility. She was born in New York, NY September 11, 1934 the daughter of Wallace F. and Agnes C. (Munz) Janssen.
She enjoyed art, painting, and crafts. She was a great seamstress and made her own clothes as well as for others. Marta was an avid gardener and loved music, singing, playing the organ and pipe organ. She taught music for 40 years. She had long ties with the Deer Isle community.
Marta was active in the Women’s Club of America, the Blue Hill Garden Club, the Bagaduce Chorale, Red Hat Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Sargentville Thursday Club, Deer Isle and Sunset Congregational Churches where she sung in the choir.
She is survived by sons, Daniel S. Bowes of Phillipi, W. VA and Andrew Bowes and wife Anne of Yorktown, VA; daughter, Caroline Bowes Griswold and husband Steven of Clarkesville, GA; sisters, Christine Randazzo of Chula Vista, CA, Judith Walters of Carlsbad, CA and Lois Goldrick and husband Marty of St. Joseph, MI; grandchildren, Carmen, Josh, Kaitlin, and Benjamin Bowes, Jennifer, Elise and Spencer Griswold; and two great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Donald S. Bowes in 2010.
Contributions in Marta’s memory may be made to the Town of Deer Isle, c/o Island Heating Assistance Program, P O Box 46, Deer Isle 04627 or the Bagaduce Music Lending Library, P O Box 829, Blue Hill 04614
A memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Arrangements by Jordan-Fernald, 141 South St. Blue Hill
Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.jordanfernald.com
Order Flowers
Recently Shared Condolences
-
Marta was a very godly... (read more)
Recently Lit Memorial Candles
-
We are honored to prov ...(read more)
Recently Shared Stories
Recently Shared Photos