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Helen Bowlyou
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. today at Banks & Beals Funeral Home, Stronghurst, Ill. The funeral for Mrs. Bowlyou will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, in Carman United Methodist Church, Carman, Ill., with the Rev. Anita Munden officiating. Burial will be at Carman Cemetery. Memorials have been established for Carman United Methodist Church and Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab. She was born Sept. 4, 1920, in Dallas City, Ill., the eldest child of Roy and Florence Peeler Eaves. On Oct. 24, 1939, she married Charles Earl Bowlyou in Kahoka, Mo. She and her husband lived in Aledo, then Monmouth. Her career started, after raising five sons, as an associate buyer for the Style Shops and Honard Von Maur. She loved gardening and visiting with her neighbors in Monmouth. She was a former member of the Eastern Star in Aledo, and a supportive member of the Carman United Methodist Church. She and her husband retired to their family farm in rural Lomax, Ill., where she and her sons created a beautiful sanctuary for all to enjoy. There were many family gatherings at her farm. Her patriotism was enhanced by her brothers and sons that served in the military. Survivors include five sons, Cary (Judy) Bowlyou, Pleasant Valley, Charles (Sue) Bowlyou and Richard (Linda) Bowlyou, rural Lomax, Lynn (Linda) Bowlyou, Aledo, Byron (Shelly) Bowlyou, Chetek, Wis.; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; five brothers, Guy Eaves, Fountain Green, Ill., Jerry (Nancy) Eaves, Memphis, Mo., Lester (Patty) Eaves, Niota, Ill., Jack (Kay) Eaves and Richard (Becky) Eaves, Fort Madison, Iowa; two sisters, Imogene (Don) Hodges, Fort Madison, Linda (Tom) Neuendorf, Donnellson, Iowa; numerous loving nieces and nephews; and her extended family at Oak Lane. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; two sisters, Ruby Pickard and Betty Scott; and four brothers, Mike, Pat, Vernon and Billy Eaves. Condolences may be left at banksandbeals.com. 
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Today is Sunday, May 26, the 146th day of 2013. There are 219 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The information called for in yesterday's Argus, in relation to thechild abandoned in Moline, by its mother two years ago, was furnished us last evening.The child was found by a Swede and has been kindly cared for.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The annual review and inspection of the Rock Island volunteerfire department took place today, and there will be a firemen's ball tonight.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Captain H.F. Young, former Mississippi river pilot, and T.W.Chapman left Rock Island today for Alaska to enter river service there.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Poppies were blooming today at the headquarters of the Rock Islandunit of the American Legion auxiliary at the Y.M.C.A. as the little red memorial flowers, which the people of Rock Island will wear in honor of veterans.
1963 -- 50 years ago: One hundred and fifty of the best show horses in Illinois and Iowaare expected to compete tomorrow for some $500 in trophies, ribbons and prize money inthe first major horse show of the season.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Moline Public Hospital presented blue ribbons to the winnersof a recent poster contest, held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. Utilizingthe theme of "You're Our Specialty," the following were grand prize winners: MindyBenson, Moline; Thao Dang, Moline; Gared Laux, Moline; John Murphy, Rock Island;Justin Pulford and Bennie Jo Starkey, Moline.
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