RIP Bowie:

Bowie was a member of the Oshkosh Rugby Football Club and a great guy. He will be missed.

Brian R. Bowers

Brian R. Bowers, 40 of Oshkosh, died at his home after a courageous and inspirational battle with cancer on Thursday, December 15, 2005. He was born in
Milwaukee, on October 2, 1965, a son of Ronald and Diane Schwantes Bowers. Brian married Jill Braun on January 13, 1996 in Oshkosh.

Brian graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh, and was a member of St. Raphael's Catholic Church. He was employed with United Parcel Service. Brian was an avid hunter and fisherman, played Rugby, and built a cabin on land up north, on Mars Lake. Above all he loved being with his daughter Kendall.

Survivors include his wife Jill of Oshkosh; one daughter, Kendall Bowers, Oshkosh; parents, Ronald Bowers, Elcho, WI; and Diane Wheat, Hortonville; one sister Dawn (Dan) Kunda, Adell, WI; paternal grandfather, Ed Bowers, Menomonee Falls; maternal grandparents, Elroy and Frances Schwantes, West Bend.

Funeral services will be held at the Konrad-Behlman Funeral Home- Eastside on Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 4:00 p.m., with Fr. Doug Le Captain officiating. Family and friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from noon to the time of service. A memorial has been established to fund the college education expenses
for his daughter, Kendall.

Thank you to all our family and friends who supported him through his battle.

Konrad-Behlman Funeral Home
402 Waugoo Ave.
920-231-1510
www.konrad-behlman.com