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Mrs. Zina Campbell Bowman passed away at the General Hospital in St. Anthony Sunday morning at 3:15 following an operation.
Mrs. Bowman was a daughter of Robert L. and Victoria Elizabeth Barnard Campbell, born July 20, 1904 at Rigby, Idaho. In May 1921 she married Wm. Earl Bowman at Rigby, and following their marriage they moved to Ora where they made their home for several years, then moving to Salem where they have since resided.
Eight Children are the issue of this marriage all of whom with their father survive: Edward, Dona, Gale, Shirley and William Ladell, Also the following brothers and sisters: Alfred Campbell, California, Hyrum L. Campbell and Napthali Campbell both of Rigbu, Mrs. Sulvia Clegg, Pocatello; Mrs. Asrah Bowles, Mrs. Henretta Pickens and Mrs. Alemila Coles of Rigby; Mrs. mildred Session of Ogden, and Mrs. Tillie Lowe and Mrs. Inez Lowe of Pocatello.
Funeral services were held yesterday at Salem at 1 p.m. with Elder Faye Wasden of the Salem sard bishopric in charge.
Burial was in the Ora cemetery under the direction of W. M. Hanson & Son.²

Edward Earl Bowman, On October 21, 1944, the crew's B-26 Martin Marauder was flying second in formation, on the right wing of #4 flight on a bombing run to destroy strategic railroad bridges crossing the Piave River at Susegana, Italy as it flows out of the Alps across northeast Italy and into the Adriatic Sea when it was hit over the target by anti-aircraft fire exploding through the plane just aft of the escape hatch. The airplane burst into flames and crashed on the bank of the river, northwest of the target. The plane was identified by yellow rings around the nacelles and the Battle Number 56 on the tail , much like the sister plane #64 shown the illustration below from the same squadron, same time period , The crew of Ship #731, Serial Number 42-107731 is also noted on the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 09437, as witnessed by S/Sgt Jonathan E. Clark flying in another plane in the formation. Two parachutes appeared to open. The remains of at least one member of the crew, the tail-gunner, Sgt. Edward E. Bowman, was brought home after the war for re-burial in the Ora, Idaho, Cemetery.