Carol Bowman

The Mass of Christian Burial for Carol Bowman, of Wadena, will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 19, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Wadena with Father Jean-Claude Duncan and Father Gregory Sauer as celebrants. Visitation will be held at the church on Tuesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. with a Christian Mothers Rosary at 9:45a.m. Visitation will continue until the time of the Mass. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Schuller Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Services invites you to view the Carol Bowman Funeral Mass on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023 at 11:00 AM by going to our Facebook page or by using the following information: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87907152964 Meeting ID: 879 0715 2964 Passcode: Schuller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carol, 88, passed away peacefully with family by her side on December 12th at Perham Living, Perham, MN, with tender care provided by the staff and Knute Nelson Hospice. Carol was born the daughter of Peter and Catherine (Griep) Erpelding on July 15, 1935, in Glencoe, MN. Her family later moved to Blackduck, MN where she graduated from high school in 1953. Carol married the love of her life, Verne Bowman, in 1958 and adopted their three children, Ann Marie, Jenifer and Michael. After graduation, Carol moved to Minneapolis and worked at Northwestern National Bank until 1960 as a flexwriter making tapes and punch cards in the first computer department at the bank. After moving to Wadena in 1960, she was Verne’s business partner for over 50 years handling the accounting and invoicing for their auto electric business. Carol was active in the Wadena community serving the Girl Scouts, Homemakers and St. Ann Church Circles. She loved spending time hosting family and friends, playing cards, bowling, camping, stoking roaring campfires, cheering on the Minnesota Twins and Vikings and, most of all, she loved cooking fantastic meals and baking wonderful desserts. Her sharp-as-a-tack memory could tell you family and friend activities, meals served, and roads traveled, 20 years in her past. Preceding Carol in death were her husband of 64 years, Verne Bowman (2-12-2023); daughter, Ann Marie Bowman (8-9-2023); daughter-in-law, Tammy Bowman; parents, Peter and Catherine Erpelding; brother, Dennis Erpelding; father and mother-in-law, Edward and Anna Marie Bowman and numerous in-laws. She is survived, and will be greatly missed by her children, Jenifer (Randy) Anhorn and Michael Bowman; grandchildren, Kayla (Nick) Thurner, Toni Hagen, Stevie (Kyle) Ostenson, Elise Anhorn, Alex Anhorn; great grandchildren Reese and Rhett Ostenson; three sisters Yvonne (Duane) Moore, Marlys (Mike) Lucy and Renee (Harold) Frenzel and brother, Emmett (Karen) Erpelding. Serving as pallbearers will be Kayla Thurner, Nick Thurner, Elise Anhorn, Alex Anhorn, Stevie Ostenson, Kyle Ostenson, Toni Hagen and Hayden Zenner. Burial will be next to her husband and daughter in Calvary Cemetery in Wadena, MN.

Carol Bowman

July 15, 1935 - December 12, 2023