Larry Lynn Bowes, 76, Peculiar, Missouri, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville, Missouri. A memorial/graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 14 at the Glenwild Cemetery in Cleveland, Missouri, under the direction of Atkinson Funeral Home, Harrisonville.
Larry was born August 30, 1937 in Cleveland, Missouri, the son of Karl and Stellene (Laffoon) Bowes. He grew up in Cleveland and Peculiar, Missouri and graduated from Peculiar High School. He moved to Hermitage, Missouri in 1984 and had just moved back to Peculiar last month. Larry married Patricia “Pati” Hillman on December 1, 1990. He worked in construction as a heavy equipment operator.
Larry was preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother, Johnny and a son-in-law, Vern Miller. He is survived by his wife, Pati, of the home; two sons, Larry J. Bowes, Harrisonville, Missouri and M. Alan Irvin, Hermitage, Missouri; four daughters, A. Kim Miller, Peculiar, Missouri, Lori Vogt, Deepwater, Missouri, Janet Gibbs, Trimble, Missouri and Kim Frazier, Olathe, Kansas; 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
