Janet Mary Reading Bowers Obituary (1939 - 2006)

To view a video tribute for Janet Mary Reading Bowers, please click here. The world has lost a wonderful woman and a great lady. Janet Mary Reading Bowers passed away on July 3, 2006 at 6:20 p.m. after a courageous four and a half year battle with seizures and strokes caused by a traumatic brain injury. Janet loved her family and friends deeply. She was so thrilled to become a grandmother and it was a role she relished. Janet was born on July 6, 1939 in Murray, Utah to Roy Verdette Reading and Mary Rebecca Nelson. She married Harold (Collie) Bowers on March 26, 1966. Janet was a member of the LDS church. She was a cheerleader and won the Crest Award of Murray High School Class of 1957. She loved working with people and was always willing to lend a helping hand to friends and strangers alike. She is survived by her loving husband, Harold “Collie”; son, Tad (Joni) of Phoenix, AZ; daughter Melynda (Ron) Burns of Marietta, GA. Five grandchildren, Chad, Megan, Madilynn, Taylor and Jack. Our family wishes to thank South Davis Community Hospital staff and physicians for their professionalism and loving care of Janet. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary (4760 So. State Street, Murray) where friends and family may call Friday, July 14, 2006 from 6-8 p.m. and one hour prior to services on Saturday. Interment Salt Lake City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Janet’s name to the Brain Injury Association of Utah, 1800 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 or visit http://www.biau.org/index.htm.