Iona Mae Bowen was born September 5, 1930, in Kiowa, Oklahoma, to Etheridge Lee and Allie Mae Raiburn. Iona passed from this life Wednesday evening, April 13, 2005, at her home, at the age of seventy-five. She and William Bowen were married February 17, 1950, in Clayton, New Mexico. Iona was a typesetter for Taylor Publishing Company in Dallas, Texas. She was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter in Kiowa, and member of the Kiowa Baptist Church.

Survivors include: her husband, William, of the home; one son - Bill and Terri Bowen of Flint, TX; one daughter - Marilyn Bowen of Wardville, OK; four brothers - Gary Lynn Raiburn, Larry Dale Raiburn, Bobby Gene Raiburn and Glenn Darrell Raiburn; one sister - Ima Lee McGill; five grandchildren - Becky Gee, Kevin Bowen, Wendel Bowman, Kristina Napolitano, and David Clements; four great-grandchildren - Christopher Clements, Erick Clements and Cheyenne Bowen; and many nieces, nephews, family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her father, one brother and three sisters.

Funeral services for Mrs. Bowen were at 2:00 PM, Saturday, April 16, 2005. Burial was in the Addington Cemetery under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home of Waurika.