Jack Lawrence Bowden
Marriages
Mary Helen Cochrun - 1959
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6B - February 12, 2023
Jack Lawrence Bowden
passed away on Sunday,
February 5, 2023 at the age
of 90.
Jack was born in Corsicana,
Texas to John Redrick and
Leona Stephenson Bowden.
He was raised in Rice, Texas and helped with the
original 1877 Bowden homestead farm. Jack was a
talented baseball player and the starting center on the
football team. After graduating from Corsicana High
School, he attended college, then volunteered and
honorable served in the U.S. Coast Guard. Following
military service, he and two of his brothers started an
oil field construction company.
While in Odessa, Texas Jack met his future bride,
Mary Helen Cochrun and married in 1959. They
celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in 2022. The
family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1976.
Jack’s hobbies were many. He loved to fish, hunt,
camp and boat with family and friends. A kind and
caring husband, father, grandfather and friend, Jack
was strongly committed to his faith in God. He will be
missed by all who knew him.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, three
brothers, and one sister. He is survived by his loving
wife, Mary Helen; son, Thomas; daughter, Julie Ann
and husband, Chris Courim; grandchildren, Sydney,
Jack and Rikki-Jo; and great grandson, Grayson.
A memorial service will be held at Redlands United
Methodist Church on Wednesday, February 15, 2023
at 1:00 pm, followed by a military honor service at the
Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado on
Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 10:00 am.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate
donations to Hope West or the Redlands United
Methodist Church.
