She was born on July 21, 1940, in Swanzey, NH, daughter of the late Irene (Carpenter) and Ernest Marrotte, Sr.
On May 3, 1958, Sheila married the love of her life, Richard L. Bowker, who pre-deceased her on February 25, 2021.
During Sheila's lifetime, she worked at various locations. Her greatest achievement was her devotion to her family as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a very spiritual person and her family was truly the love of her life and meant the world to her. Sheila's favorite pastimes was watching movies, puzzles and coloring.
Sheila will be dearly missed by her children: Anna Candelario and her husband Jorge of New Britain, CT; Sharon Bowker and her companion Tom Norton of Harwinton, CT; and John Bowker and his wife Christine of Westmoreland, NH; her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sister Corinne Hitchcock of Swanzey, NH; brother-in-law Douglas Bowker of Athol, MA; as well as several nieces and nephews.
A private service and burial will be held on March 5, 2022, at Fletcher Funeral Home and Monadnock View Cemetery in Keene, NH, respectively.
Those wishing to make a memorial donation in Sheila I. Bowker's name may do so to the American Heart Association, 2 Wall St., Manchester, NH 03101 (www.Heart.org/NewHampshire).
