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Official Obituary of

Ella Mae (Drudge) Bowman

August 9, 1930 ~ December 14, 2020 (age 90) 90 Years Old

Ella Bowman Obituary

Ella Mae Bowman, 90, of Wabash, passed away at 2:30 P.M., Monday, December 14, 2020 at Wellbrooke of Wabash. She was born in Fulton County on August 9, 1930, the daughter of Lloyd DeWayne Drudge and Mayta Hattie Brueckner Drudge. Ella married Jimmy E. Bowman in Wabash on October 15, 1977 and he survives. Ella attended Akron High School and worked at General Tire until 1993. She was a member of the Jolly Jane Homemaker Club and the American Legion. Ella enjoyed sewing and crocheting. Ella loved picking on her husband Jimmy and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Surviving in addition to her husband, Jimmy, are her children Richard (Renee) Day of Denver, IN, H. DeWayne (Joyce) Day of Roann, IN, Linda (Mark) Bristow of Branson, MO and W. David (Kathy) Day of Mentone, IN; a step-sister Marilyn Stafford of Akron, IN; grandchildren Alan Day, Aaron (Shelly) Day, Adam (Joy) Day, Detre (Scott) Jones, Will (Katie) Day, Amanda (Kevin) Decker, Chuck (Tracy) Bristow, Michelle (Jay) Craig, Kevin (Caroline) Day and Jennifer (Stephen) Moriarty; twenty great-grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild on the way. Ella was preceded in death by her father, mother, step-mother Flossie Drudge; sisters Jean Hively and Louise Haneline and granddaughter Kimberly Day. Due to her wishes, there will be no services. Arrangements entrusted to Eikenberry-Eddy Funeral Home, Peru.

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