By Jim Meridith
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  • Visitation

    There is no visitation.

  • Service

    Graveside Service

    1:00 pm
    Monday, Sept. 28, 2020
    Cisne Cemetery
    Cisne, Illinois

    In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to St. Jude Children's Hospital and will be accepted at the funeral home.

  • Full Obituary

    WILLIAM DENNIS BOWLES, 88, of Cisne, Illinois passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana.

    Dennis was born in Cisne, Illinois December 27, 1931 to Ralph and Corrine (Roush) Bowles Hooper. He married Verla Pauline Woolever August 6, 1952 at Bluford, Illinois. She preceded him in death July 15, 2002.

    Dennis was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a deacon and member of the Cisne Christian Church. He worked at Farmers Grocery Store and Lemon’s Sign Service. Later, he owned his own business, Bowles Sign Service in Cisne. When he retired from that, he drove a school bus for Cisne schools. Then, later became a rural mail carrier. He was a very artistic man who loved to go fishing.

    Dennis is survived by three sons Rick (Shelley) Bowles of Johnsonville, Illinois, Ron (Patti) Bowles of Fairfield, Illinois, and Randy Bowles of Cisne, Illinois; seven grandchildren Heather Backstrom, Ryan Bowles, Kevin Bowles, Tiffany Bowles, Dustin Bowles, Adam Bowles and Ashli (Bowles) Legg; twelve great grandchildren; two brothers Donnie Bowles of Alaska and Tony Bowles of Mt. Carmel, Illinois; and several nieces and nephews.

    Preceding him in death were his mother and father, wife Verla, one grandchild, one sister Trilba Jean and one brother Orin Bowles.

    Graveside service will be 1:00 pm Monday, September 28, 2020 at Cisne Cemetery. Everyone attending the service is asked to go directly to the cemetery. There will be no visitation.

    In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital and will be accepted at Hosselton-Meridith Funeral Home.

    Due to COVID-19 and an Illinois mandate, please follow social distancing and face mask recommendations.

    Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.meridithfuneralhome.com

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7 Condolences
 
  1. Coleen Howell / September 23, 2020 at 8:54 pm

    I’m so sorry for your loss. Y’all are in my thoughts and prayers.

  2. Shawn Dulaney / September 24, 2020 at 6:19 am

    I am very sorry for your loss. He was a great man. Your family is in my prayers.

  3. Sharon Greenwood / September 24, 2020 at 8:20 am

    Rick, May God give you comfort in this difficult time. Praying for you and your family.

  4. Charlene Gilmore / September 24, 2020 at 1:14 pm

    SORRY TO HEAR OF DENNIS’S PASSING
    MY PRAYERS AND SYMPATHY FOR THE FAMILY.

  5. Delbert & Becky Rodgers / September 24, 2020 at 2:58 pm

    Sympathy to the Bowles Family. May your memories help you through this difficult time.

  6. C. Wilson / September 25, 2020 at 9:33 am

    My thoughts and prayers are with the BOWLES FAMILY in their time of grief. Please find peace in the words recorded in (Psalm 4:8).

  7. Don Barrett / September 25, 2020 at 11:40 am

    So sorry to hear of Dennis Passing. Praying for the family.

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