Joyce
Beverly Bowser, 67, of Adams, WI, passed away Tuesday, April
10, 2007, at St. Joseph�s Hospital in Marshfield, after a
long battle with congestive heart failure and diabetes.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 14th,
2007 at Roseberry�s Funeral Home & Crematory. Rev. George
Anderson will officiate. Burial to follow at the Easton
Cemetery, Easton Township, Adams County, Wisconsin.
Friends may call at Roseberry�s on Friday from 4 to 8
p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
She was born December 29, 1939 in Allegan Co., Michigan
to Lawrence and Lila (Siver) Harris. She married Robert
Oliver Bowser July 5, 1958 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where
Joy and her family had moved. Bob was in the Army, stationed
at Sandia Base. After Bob�s discharge, they moved back to
Bob�s hometown of Adams, where they lived in Easton
Township.
Joy enjoyed writing and was a member of the Sand Quill
Writers for several years. She wrote under the pen name of
Joy Bee Harris and wrote several articles for the Dells
Events in the 1970s and 80s. Joy was also a member of the
Easton Homemakers for a number of years. More recently, Joy
was an editor of the Family Grapevine, a family newsletter,
bringing together the Harris and Siver sides of her family.
Joy was a devout Christian her entire life. She has been
welcomed home into the loving arms of Jesus Christ.
Joy was preceded in death by both of her parents, both
her mother- and father-in-law, a sister-in-law Barbara
Bowser, brothers-in-law Eugene Forsythe, Gail Harmsworth,
Harold Williams, and a grandson Robert Frank Johnson.
She is survived by her husband Bob of Adams; children:
Joyce (Kerry) Spurgeon, La Valle, WI; Robert Jr. (Holly)
Bowser, Reedsburg, WI; Debra Johnson, Reedsburg, WI; Teresa
(Dale) Brimmer, Mauston, WI; "adopted children" Chad and
Katie Van Schoyck, Wisconsin Dells, WI; sisters: Marlene
Forsythe, Durant, OK; Barbara (Bob) Dodson, Albuquerque, NM;
Patricia Harmsworth, Fallon, NV; Audrey (Dick) Roberts,
Palmer, AK; Pamela (Bill) Bowser, West Bend, WI; Brenda
(Joe) Bellman, South Bend IN; brothers: Richard (Carolin)
Harris, Olympia, WA; Gregory (Sherry) Harris, Durant, OK;
sisters-in-law: Betty Williams, Adams, WI; Bonnie Bowser,
Adams, WI; grandchildren; Tamara (Andrew) Senchal, Brandon
Johnson, James (Mary Kay) Johnson, Kaitlin Johnson, Evan
Johnson Jr., Trisha Johnson, Nicole Spurgeon, Steve
Spurgeon, Robert Bowser III, Corinna Bowser, Dion Bowser,
step-grandchildren: Tyler Bowser, Shawn Morgan, Dawn Kruze,
Matt Bowser, Cherie Sturkie, Gordon Banta; 12
step-great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins,
and very many friends.
