Hazel Bowe was born on September 3, 1930 to Mart Porterfield and Nellie Belle Young Porterfield in Windsor, Missouri. She passed away in Hood River, Oregon on June 23 2015 with her children in attendance.

Hazel moved with her family to the Hood River Valley in the spring of 1937. They came because of the dust bowl in the midwest. Mart had $25 in his pocket when they arrived and he went to work immediately with her 2 older brothers Eugene and Leonard.

Hazel attended schools in Mt Hood and Parkdale and graduated from high school at age 16. She then attended Eastern Oregon College for one year and then spent a year in Portland working.

In 1949 she married Charles Stuart Bowe (Chuck). He was attending Willamette University on the GI Bill. Within the next 4 years Larry, Lindea and Marty joined the family.
Hazel has been an active and involved member of her community. Always active in church guilds and a 50 year member of Beta Sigma Phi. Also a volunteer at Providence Hood River and Providence Newberg Medical Centers.

The greatest joy of her life was as a wife, mother and grandmother and she was fabulous in those endeavors. Hazel always had a beautiful flowering landscape and was a wonderful cook.

Hazel is survived by her children Larry (Kelly) Lindea (Ricky) Marty (Wendy) her grandchildren, Travis Bowe,Taylor Tanner and Spencer Gray, and Aden Kirschner, and great grandchildren Ryan Parker Bowe-Luke and Georgia Ryan Bowe and her brothers Leonard and Scott Porterfield (Arlene).

She was predeceased by her parents, her husband Chuck, her brother Eugene and wife Joyce Porterfield and sister in law Gertrude Porterfield, and grandchildren Ryan Bowe and Olivia Ussery.

No flowers please and memorials to Hood River Rotary Club for the “Bowe Family Scholarship” or Hood River Community Education for the Ryan S Bowe Scholarship.

Services will be held at 11:00am, Monday, June 29, 2015 at Anderson’s Tribute Center.

Arrangements under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals • Receptions • Cremations) 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.