Freda Lavera Bowden Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Freda Lavera Bowden (Emporia, Kansas), who passed away at the age of 93, on January 12, 2019. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Freda Lavera Bowden to show support.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her daughter Joyce Hancock; her son-in-law Brian Hancock of Olathe, KS; her son Steven Bowden; her daughter-in-law Grace Bowden of Ft. Worth, TX; her grandchildren, Sarah Abu Zareefeh (Abbaas) of Mission, KS, Drew Bowden (Michelle) of Lewisville, TX, Paul Hancock (Kyla) of Olathe, KS, Breanna Burkett (Bryan) of Roanoke, TX and Tanner Bowden; her great grandchildren, Kendall Bowden (Drew), Coralyn Burkett (Breanna), Jacob Abu Zareefeh (Sarah), Nova Burkett (Breanna) and Ellery Hancock (Paul); her sister Clara Marie; her siblings-in-law, George Smith of Topeka, KS and Margaret Briant of Topeka, KS.; her parents, Claude Elton Briant and Fay Marken Briant; her brothers, Carl Frederick Briant and Claude "Elton" Briant Jr; her husband Noel "Marvin" Bowden; her grandmother Marken; and her niece Bonnie. She was also cherished by grandkids have many cherished memories of camping with Grandpa and Grandma on El Dorado Lake or Melvern Lake in KS or simply just being able to escape to the magic that exists only with grandparents.