Obituary of Dorothy Yvonne Howe

DOROTHY Y. HOWE, 88 Passed away peacefully in the evening hours of March 31, 2017. Dorothy was born on September 10, 1928 to Arthur and Mary Howe in Oklahoma. Soon after they moved to Texas. In 1943 the family moved to Lodi, CA where she lived for seventy four years. Dorothy worked for many years in home care and was an active member of the Jehovah Witness. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great grandmother and aunt. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents Arthur and Mary, her brothers Carl and John Howe, her sisters Nadine Watson and Betty Ann Howe, her son Barry McElroy and her spouses, Oren McElroy and Charles Bowles. Dorothy is survived by her sons Nathan Bowles and Mark Wahler of Lodi, her sister Marty Proctor of Sacramento, her grandsons Billy and Robert Bowles, her granddaughters, Lela Bowles and Rebecca and Samantha Wahler and her great grandson Brently Wahler. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 14, 2017 at the Kingdom Hall in Woodbridge, CA