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BOWMAN, Theodore James, 91, of Ocala, FL died peacefully Sunday September 24, 2017 after increasing health problems over the last six months. A resident of Ocala since 1966, Ted was born in Beardstown, IL on October 5, 1925 to Theodore Jacob and Edith Ester Bowman (Wheeler). He served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Billfish during WWII. He moved to Chicago, IL where he met Arlene Peterson, a pattern designer, who had moved to Chicago from her hometown of Swea City, IA. They married in Chicago in 1950. Ted served in the Air Force as a weather forecaster during the Korean War, stationed in Topeka, Kansas as well as other US cities. He later worked for a home truss business in Miami FL, where he designed and patented a truss manufacturing machine. In 1966, Ted and Arlene moved to Ocala, FL where he founded Bo-Jack Industries, a mobile home truss company. Ted eventually sold that business and purchased Ocala Saw and Tool and formed another business, Band Saw Blades Inc. He managed those businesses until and into his retirement. In his spare time, Ted enjoyed tennis, sailing, camping, and flying. Both Ted and Arlene were active in the Ocala Sailing Club and the Fort King Tennis Center. After he and Arlene divorced in 1984, they remained friends and attended family events together. In his retirement, Ted enjoyed taking cruises and more years of flying as a private pilot. Ted will be fondly remembered for his generosity, wit, inventiveness and love of playing Dominos with his family in his recent years. Ted is survived by his former spouse, Arlene; his children, Theodore Jay Bowman and his wife, Claudia (Ramage), of Ocala, and Ann Margaret Donie and her husband, Chris, of Johns Creek GA,; his grandchildren, Eric Smith and wife, Jennie, Adam Smith and wife, Beth, Kate Donie, and Alyssa Donie; plus his great-grandchildren, Chase, Chylei, Gavin, Austin, Dillan, Trystan, Lincoln, Declan, Ryker, Jagger, and Cullen. Memorial service will be held Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 4pm at Robert's Funeral Home, 606 SW 2nd Ave, Ocala, FL 34471. Published in Ocala Star-Banner Sept. 29, 2017
CARSON, Donald Francis, 88, of Clifton Park and Sebring, Fla., died on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at Schuyler Ridge Residential Health Care Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Oneida on December 19, 1928, and was the son of the late Thomas Joseph and Helena Irene Kaiser Carson. He was a graduate of Oneida High School and the University of Miami, where he received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He was a US Navy veteran serving on the submarine USS Odax (SS-484) during the Korean War. Donald retired as a hearing officer for the Environmental Conservation Department with New York State in Albany. He had been a communicant of Our Lady of Grace Church in Sebring and St. Edward the Confessor Church in Clifton Park. He is the beloved husband of 60 years, to the late Audrey Eames Carson, who died on September 14, 2015; the devoted father of Timothy Carson of Ft. Myers Beach, Fla., Kenneth (Julie) Carson of Mooresville, N.C., Robert Carson of Clifton Park and Mary Ellen (Kenneth) Casabonne of Clifton Park; brother of the late Charles and George Carson; brother-in-law of Anne Carson of Voorhesville and Helen Carson of Canandaigua, N.Y.; grandfather of Lindsey Casabonne, Helaina Casabonne, Angela Omicioli, Ryan Carson, Matthew Carson and Tyler Carson; great-grandfather of Ethan and Caden; also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral will be held on Tuesday, October 3, at 11 a.m. in St. Edward the Confessor Church, 569 Clifton Park Center Road, Clifton Park, where the Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. There will be no calling hours. Interment with full military honors will be in the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, 1 Penny Lane, Latham, NY 12110. Arrangements have been entrusted by the family to the Gordon C. Emerick Funeral Home, 1550 Rte. 9, Clifton Park. For online condolences, please visit Gordoncemerickfuneralhome.com Published in Albany Times Union on Sept. 29, 2017
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