Eula Mae Smyth Bowman

Eula Mae Smyth Bowman; of Waterford; departed this life on August 29 , 2019 at the age of 94.  She was born near Beattyville, Kentucky, the daughter of Lawrence T. Smyth and Minnie B. Smyth.  After graduation from Lee County High School, she attended Crump Business School in Lexington, Kentucky. Eula worked as a secretary and teacher prior to marrying the love of her life, William D. Bowman and moving to Michigan in 1948.  She left the workforce to become a wonderful homemaker and loving mother to her three children in Orion, Michigan where she lived for almost fifty years.  She was an avid member and Sunday school teacher at Joslyn Avenue Presbyterian Church for many years.  After her children were grown, she worked at Sears in Pontiac, Michigan until her retirement.  No one loved her family, a party, or bingo more than Eula.  She was predeceased by her husband, William Dreyfus Bowman and infant daughter Carolyn Sue Bowman.  She is survived by her three children, sons, Michael D. Bowman (Martha) and Gregory L. Bowman (Brooke), and daughter Teresa “Terri” G. Kalich (Richard); grandchildren, Jennifer Alfano (Steven), Sarah Peterson (Erich), Emily Bowman (Chris Siefring), Amy Kalich (Jenny McGuckin), Natalie Macchiorola-Bowman, Daisy Bowman and Carson Bowman; and great grandchildren, Jorden Dailey, Amelia Peterson, Violet Peterson, Miabella Macchiorola and Maci Grams.  She is also survived by her brother William S. Smyth (Bonnie) and predeceased by her loving sister Nina Smyth Coldiron Cockerham.  Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 12 noon at Sparks-Griffin Funeral Home, Lake Orion.  The family will receive friends on Thursday from 11am until the time of service.  Interment Ottawa Park Cemetery, Clarkston, Michigan. Memorial donations suggested to the Salvation Army .