BANGOR - Jessie Joanne Bowden, 90, died July 17, 2022, at a Bangor nursing home. She was born January 17, 1932, in West Enfield, to Jesse Ballard and Violet (Currie) Ballard.
Joanne graduated from Howland High School, Class of 1949, and Aroostook State Teacher’s College in Presque Isle, in 1951. She also earned her Masters and CAS degrees from the University of Maine, Orono.
She married Raymond D. Bowden Jr. on March 28, 1952, and they had two children, Sherry and Raymond III. She worked as a school teacher for many years, and retired from the Bangor School system as a high school teacher.
Joanne was always up for a new adventure. She loved taking walks and going on day trips, viewing the sights and sounds of Maine so, in honor of our mom, Joanne, take a walk or hike. Enjoy nature and as you look around, think of her and ways to help other people enjoy the moment as she did.
Joanne is survived by her children, Sherry (Bowden) Phillips and her husband, Richard, of Orrington, Raymond D. Bowden III, and his wife, Donna, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts; sister, Sally (Ballard) Fitzgerald; brother, Walter Ballard; three grandchildren, Daniel Phillips, and his wife, Kelly, Lindsey (Bowden) White, and her husband, Raymond, and Sarah Bowden; and one great-grandchild, Quinn Phillips. She was predeceased by her husband; sisters, Violet (Ballard) Noble and Patsy (Ballard) Huard; and brother, Reid Ballard.
A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 30, at Enfield Village Cemetery. After the service, all are invited to a remembrance of Joanne’s life at 2:00 p.m., at 32 Phillips Ave., Orrington. Those who wish to remember Joanne in a special way may make gifts in her memory to Field’s Pond Audubon Center, 216 Field’s Pond Rd., Holden, ME 04429 or the Orono Bog Boardwalk Operations Fund, University of Maine Foundation, 2 Alumni Place Orono, ME 04469.
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Joanne graduated from Howland High School, Class of 1949, and Aroostook State Teacher’s College in Presque Isle, in 1951. She also earned her Masters and CAS degrees from the University of Maine, Orono.
She married Raymond D. Bowden Jr. on March 28, 1952, and they had two children, Sherry and Raymond III. She worked as a school teacher for many years, and retired from the Bangor School system as a high school teacher.
Joanne was always up for a new adventure. She loved taking walks and going on day trips, viewing the sights and sounds of Maine so, in honor of our mom, Joanne, take a walk or hike. Enjoy nature and as you look around, think of her and ways to help other people enjoy the moment as she did.
Joanne is survived by her children, Sherry (Bowden) Phillips and her husband, Richard, of Orrington, Raymond D. Bowden III, and his wife, Donna, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts; sister, Sally (Ballard) Fitzgerald; brother, Walter Ballard; three grandchildren, Daniel Phillips, and his wife, Kelly, Lindsey (Bowden) White, and her husband, Raymond, and Sarah Bowden; and one great-grandchild, Quinn Phillips. She was predeceased by her husband; sisters, Violet (Ballard) Noble and Patsy (Ballard) Huard; and brother, Reid Ballard.
A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, July 30, at Enfield Village Cemetery. After the service, all are invited to a remembrance of Joanne’s life at 2:00 p.m., at 32 Phillips Ave., Orrington. Those who wish to remember Joanne in a special way may make gifts in her memory to Field’s Pond Audubon Center, 216 Field’s Pond Rd., Holden, ME 04429 or the Orono Bog Boardwalk Operations Fund, University of Maine Foundation, 2 Alumni Place Orono, ME 04469.
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