Lenora Frances Bowers

Lenora Frances (Duke) Bowers 84 of Colfax,Indiana, passed away peacefully on Tuesday July 25, 2017 at Witham Hospital in Lebanon Indiana. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 31, 1932 to Lillie Frances (Whitson) and Elmer James Duke. She graduated from Arsenal Tech High School in 1951. She married her husband Cordell Bowers, Sr. on October 13, 1963.

Lenora worked at the Army Finance Center in Indianapolis and at Mallory Controls in Frankfort, Indiana as well as many years as a homemaker taking care of her children and her husband.

Her interests included family, pets and reading mystery books. She devoted much of her time and energy as a caregiver to family members, including her mother, husband and daughter.

She is survived: by her two sons, Cordell Bowers, Jr. of Colfax, Indiana and Raymond Lewis (Cynthia) Bowers of Lafayette, Indiana and her 3 grandchildren Clayton, Madison and Benjamin.

She was preceded in death by: her parents, brother, James Duke, brother, Edwin Duke, sister, Gloria Alexander and her husband of 24 years Cordell Bowers, Sr. and daughter Letitia Anne Bowers.