Norville E. Bowles to GUNTER AFB, Ala.
Staff Sergeant
Norville E. Bowles, of Bainbridge, Pa., is being reassigned to Olmsted
AFB, Middletown,
Pa., following his graduation from the United States Air Force
technical training course for preventive medicine technicians at
this Air Force Base. Sergeant Bowles, son of Mrs. Mary E. Bowles,
Bainbridge, received advanced instruction in the management and
supervision of the preventive medicine sections of Air Force medical
facilities. Bowles is a graduate of May-town High School. His wife
is the former Hilde Bihler.[Elizabethtown Chronicle, Elizabethtown, Pa,/03 Oct 1963, Thu, Page 9]
TSgt. Bowles Named Recruiter
SAN ANTONIO Technical Sergeant Norville E.
Bowles, son of Mrs. Mary E. Bowles, of Bainbridge, Pa., has completed
the special U.S. Air Force recruiter course at Lackland AFB, Tex.
Sergeant Bowles will be an official Air Force recruiter at Williamsport.
He was picked for the special assignment as a volunteer with an
outstanding military record. The sergeant was trained in 11 areas of
study, including the Air Force job classification system, testing
procedures and community relations to broaden his qualifications for
presenting the facts of Air Force career opportunities to young men and
women. Sergeant Bowles is a veteran of the Korean War. He is a graduate
of Bainbridge High School. The sergeant is married to the former Hilde Bihler from Germany. [Elizabethtown Chronicle. Elizabethtown, PA, 25 Jul 1968, Thu, Page 11] |
 N.E. "Sook" Bowles
Norville E. Bowles, USAF Master Sgt., Retired of
Bainbridge died on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at Hospice of
Lancaster County, Mount
Sook graduated from the former East Donegal High School and enlisted
in the US Army, 27th Infantry Regiment, and Parachute Brigade in
1950. He served in Korea and received 3 bronze stars and a Purple
Heart for injuries he received in combat. He later reenlisted with
the US Air Force and began a 20-year career, retiring in 1972 as Master
Sergeant. His experience in the USAF led to his employment at Three Mile
Island, and later at Harrisburg International Airport where he was
responsible for refueling airplanes and aircraft exterior maintenance
until his retirement in 1986. During his years with the US Air Force, he
lived extensively throughout the US and Germany, moving back to
Lancaster Co. in 1972.
Sook was a member of the Bainbridge and Marietta American Legion
posts, the Elizabethtown VFW, and Life Member of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Association. He also belonged to the Moose Lodge of
Elizabethtown and the Susquehanna Beneficial Club of Marietta. He
was an avid sports fan, enjoyed daily crossword puzzles, and working
on his computer.
Born in Conoy Twp., on January 19, 1932, he was the son of the late
Aubrey L., and Mary E. Matheny Bowles. He was baptized in the
Lutheran Faith.
Sook will be missed by his three daughters; Carol I. Bowles of
Elizabethtown; Mary E. Coolidge of Mount Joy; and Patty C. married
to Gene Hess of Mountville; 6 grandchildren and 8 great
grandchildren. Four brothers, Dick, Junie, Red, and Clifford Bowles
predeceased him.
Services will be private and held at the convenience of his family.
Interment will take place in the Bainbridge Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Lebanon VA Medical
Center Hospice Unit, 1700 South Lincoln Ave., Lebanon PA, 17042 or
to Hospice of Lancaster Co., P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster PA,
17604-4125. Sheetz Funeral Home, Inc. Mount Joy, PA.
[Lancaster Newspapers, 21
February 2009] |
Grave
marker for Norville E. Bowles in Bainbridge Cemetery, Elizabethtown
(Lancaster county), Pennsylvania.
Norville enlisted in the Army on 12 February 1951.
On 1 June 1951 he was in the group that graduated Jump School, just
the second class to go through the recently founded Parachute Packing,
Maintenance and Heavy Drop School at Ft. Lee VA.
He served in Charlie Co. 508 ARCT from 1951 to 1952 at which point he
enlisted with the US Air Force and completed a 20-year active duty
career, retiring as a MSgt on 28 February 1972.
He served in Korea and received 3 bronze stars as well as a Purple
Heart.
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