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Merton C Bowring 1922 - 2010

Merton Clarence Bowring Sr. of Anson, Somerset County, ME was born on August 4, 1922 in Madison, and died at age 87 years old on May 23, 2010 in Skowhegan. Merton Bowring was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison.

Merton Clarence Bowring Sr.
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Anson, Somerset County, ME 04911
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August 4, 1922
Madison, Somerset County, Maine, 04950, United States
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Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, 04976, United States
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  • Introduction

    Merton Clarence Bowring was born on August 4th, 1922 in Madison, Maine, to Henry Alexandre Bowring Sr., born 1889, and Alice Maude Meservie (1900 - 1986). His father was born in Quebec, Canada and his mother was born in Maine. Merton had siblings Pearley, Maurice, Milo, Geraldine, and Henry Bowring Jr. Merton Bowring married Ellen Susan Stevenson (1941 - 2010) on September 7th, 1974 in New Vineyard, Maine, and they had one child. He had been previously married to Violet Washburn (1928 - 1975) in 1943. They also had one child. Merton Bowring died on May 23rd, 2010 in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine at the age of 87. He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Somerset County, Maine.
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    August 4, 1922
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    Madison, Somerset County, Maine 04950, United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Merton was Caucasian, of English heritage on his maternal line. His many times great grandfather, Clement Meservey, was born in 1655 on the Isle of Jersey in England.

  • Early Life & Education

    Born and raised in Madison, Maine, Merton was educated in the school of Madison.

  • Religious Beliefs

    Merton's funeral was a gravesite service.

  • Professional Career

    Merton worked for the town of Madison on the road crew for more than 26 years, retiring in 1979 due to ill health.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Merton married Violet in 1943 and Ellen in 1974 and he was survived by Ellen, five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. His daughter was Waneta Rose Bowring Shaw (1943 - 2011). Merton enjoyed animals, fishing, hunting, watching professional wrestling on television, and working his his vegetable and flower gardens. He loved his faithful dog Furby.
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    May 23, 2010
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  • Obituary

    ANSON - Merton "Merty" C. Bowring Sr., 87, died May 23, 2010, at the Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan with his family by his side. He was born in Madison Aug. 4, 1922, the son of Henry A. Jr. and Alice Maude (Meservie) Bowring Sr. Merton was educated in the schools of Madison. He married Ellen Stevenson Sept. 7, 1974, in New Vineyard. Merton worked for the town of Madison on the road crew for more than 26 years, retiring in 1979 due to ill health. He is survived by his wife, Ellen Bowring of Anson; a sister, Geraldine Damren; brother-in-law, William Stevenson; two sisters-in-law, Althea Bowring and Isabelle Foster and her husband, Jack; 17 grandchildren, Juanita Shaw and her husband, Les, Carla Davis and her husband, Ed, Lesley Huey and her husband, Mark, Vicky Irish, Tina Shaw and her friend, Eric Rulard, Monica Shaw, Merton Bowring Jr. and his wife, Carolyn, Merton Harvey Bowring, Michael Bowring, Marylee Clukey, Jo Anna Clukey and her companion, Tiny, Brandy Doyle and her husband, Dave, Shane Doyle and his wife, Molly, Ronald C. Brann Jr. and his wife, Debbie, Oscar S. Brann and his wife, Jessica, Cassidy O. Brann and her husband, John, and Charles Brann and his wife, Barbara; five great-grandchildren, Michael Shaw, Joshua Bowring, Ashlin Bowring, Leeanne Huey and Adam Huey, Andrea Loren Rulard; two great-great-grandchildren, Jenna Flag and Journey Doyle; many nieces, nephews and cousins; devoted friends, Ann Thornton, Deborah and Frazier Moody, Linda Jean Cates. He was predeceased by his parents; and four brothers, Pearly, Morris, Milo, and Henry Bowring. A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. - Morning Sentinel on May 26th, 2018.
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In 1922, in the year that Merton C Bowring was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1933, when he was merely 11 years old, on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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Bowring, Clara (Sep 23, 1913 - Jan 4, 1989) Bowring, Ernest (Oct 22, 1922 - Feb 1986) Bowring, Milo (Apr 14, 1921 - Mar 13, 1990) Bowring, Nina (Nov 1, 1941 - May 24, 2009) Bowring, Allison (Dec 31, 1964 - Nov 14, 2007) Bowring, December (Dec 23, 1958 - Apr 25, 2009) Bowring, Joan (Jan 27, 1950 - Sep 16, 1999) Bowring, G Elbert (Jan 1, 1917 - Dec 1982) Bowring, Elsie (Jun 11, 1915 - Oct 26, 2005) Bowring, David (Aug 19, 1937 - Mar 19, 2011)
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