Betty Jean Bowen

Born in Beartown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, BJ has been a resident of Levittown since 1972. She graduated from Coatesville Area Senior High School in 1968 before becoming a 5 year nursing student at Albright College and Reading Hospital, Reading, Pa. After graduation BJ moved to Levittown to marry and begin her career.

BJ began her nursing career at Lower Bucks Hospital before moving on to Delaware Valley Hospital in Bristol, Pa. After the birth of her son, John she earned her teaching certificate and became involved in School Nursing with the Pennsbury School District. This directional shift in her career ultimately led her to the Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 where BJ became a classroom nurse dealing with the severely and profoundly handicapped students from which she retired after 23 years of service.

Betty Jean was involved in her church, St. John Lutheran Church, Morrisville, both as a Sunday School Superintendent and Alto singer in the church choir. She enjoyed needlepoint, cross-stitch, and, before getting sick, working in the garden.

Betty Jean was the best friend, soulmate and beloved wife of 45 years to Richard A. Bowen, the loving mother of John Bowen and his wife Jeannine, and the devoted grandmother to Emily and Kaitlyn. She was the dear sister to Anne (Strock) Waddington.

BJ was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Serena Strock (Milford, Delaware), her in-laws, Orlando and Betty Bowen (Allentown, Pa), and her grandson, Kevin Charles Bowen.

Relatives and friends are invited to join us at St. John Lutheran Church, 1203 Pine Grove Road, Morrisville, Pa. 19067 on Saturday, June 29. Visitation and Remembrances with the family will be from 10:00 until 11:00AM with a Celebration of Life Service from 11:00AM until Noon followed with a light, cold luncheon after the service.

Donations can be made in Betty Jean's name to St John Lutheran Church or to the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation whose address can be found at their website www.ipffoundation.org