1938
Worthy
2011
Worthy Bowyer Jr
March 29, 1938 — May 4, 2011
THE VILLAGES, FLA. - Worthy Lee "Butch" Bowyer Jr., 73, passed away May 4, 2011, at Cornerstone Hospice at Lake Sumter.
He was born March 29, 1938, in Sutton, W.Va.
He was the quarterback for Burnsville High School, where he was All-Conference in the State of West Virginia in 1954, 55 and 56. Butch had an appointment to Annapolis but chose to attend Potomac State College and later Youngstown State University, where he graduated as a civil engineer.
He worked for the Great Lakes Construction Company in Cleveland, beginning in 1961. Later he became the Vice President of Operations.
In 1995, at age 55, he retired and moved to Tellico Villages of Loudon, Tenn., from Brecksville. Five years ago he moved to The Villages in Florida.
His hobby was carpentry. He had an instrument pilot's license and owned his own plane. He owned and drove a stock car. He was a scuba diver in his earlier years.
During his employment with the Great Lakes Construction Company, he was instrumental in the construction of the Cook Nuclear Power plant in Bridgman, Mich., Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, and numerous large bridges, highway projects, sewage treatment plants, and steel mills.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Ruth Leshnock; his father, Worthy Bowyer Sr., and sister; Mary Jo Thomas.
He is survived by his wife, Dee Bubon-Glaros Bowyer; his brothers, Raymond Bowyer and Rodney Mary Beth Bowyer of Canfield; his son, Greg Cindy Glaros of Carmel, Ind.; his daughter, Lori Lawson Dripps of Canfield; his grandchildren; Lawson Dripps III, Tiffani Ryan Catlin, Halley Adam Fast, Gina Glaros and Jonathan Glaros; his great-grandchildren, Taegen Catlin, Livia Catlin, and Grayson Fast.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 13, 2011, at 10 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel, 3701 Starr Drive.
Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Cornerstone Hospice of Lake Sumter, Rt 466, The Villages, FL 32162.
He was born March 29, 1938, in Sutton, W.Va.
He was the quarterback for Burnsville High School, where he was All-Conference in the State of West Virginia in 1954, 55 and 56. Butch had an appointment to Annapolis but chose to attend Potomac State College and later Youngstown State University, where he graduated as a civil engineer.
He worked for the Great Lakes Construction Company in Cleveland, beginning in 1961. Later he became the Vice President of Operations.
In 1995, at age 55, he retired and moved to Tellico Villages of Loudon, Tenn., from Brecksville. Five years ago he moved to The Villages in Florida.
His hobby was carpentry. He had an instrument pilot's license and owned his own plane. He owned and drove a stock car. He was a scuba diver in his earlier years.
During his employment with the Great Lakes Construction Company, he was instrumental in the construction of the Cook Nuclear Power plant in Bridgman, Mich., Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, and numerous large bridges, highway projects, sewage treatment plants, and steel mills.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Ruth Leshnock; his father, Worthy Bowyer Sr., and sister; Mary Jo Thomas.
He is survived by his wife, Dee Bubon-Glaros Bowyer; his brothers, Raymond Bowyer and Rodney Mary Beth Bowyer of Canfield; his son, Greg Cindy Glaros of Carmel, Ind.; his daughter, Lori Lawson Dripps of Canfield; his grandchildren; Lawson Dripps III, Tiffani Ryan Catlin, Halley Adam Fast, Gina Glaros and Jonathan Glaros; his great-grandchildren, Taegen Catlin, Livia Catlin, and Grayson Fast.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 13, 2011, at 10 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel, 3701 Starr Drive.
Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Cornerstone Hospice of Lake Sumter, Rt 466, The Villages, FL 32162.
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