Mary Ann Bowman Zech, 66, of Manassas,VA and formerly of Petersburg, MI passed away November 20th, 2008 surrounded by her family at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD after a battle with leukemia.

Born November 26th, 1941 in Monroe, MI, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Jacob Bowman and Gertrude Ann Kneebush Bowman. On October 17th, 1964 in Petersburg, MI, she married James Zech, who survives.

Graduating from Ida High School, Ida, MI, in 1959, she went on to attend nursing school at Flower Hospital in Toledo, OH and graduated in 1962. She was baptized, confirmed, and married at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Summerfield, Petersburg, MI. She proudly practiced as an RN for 5 years before starting a family and becoming a full time mom and homemaker. In early years, Mary Ann was an enthusiastic player of basketball, softball, volleyball, and bowling and later, never missing a game or school activity, loudly rooted for her children as they too participated in sports. Mary Ann especially enjoyed flowers, gardening, and travel to botanical and zoological gardens. She was an avid reader, but her greatest joy was her family, always looking out for their best interests before herself. She adored, Kyle, her grandchild. The simple enjoyments of life for her were spending a day with her family,attending a movie, eating out, and watching Washington Redskins football on Sunday afternoons with her husband.

Mrs. Zech was a member of Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manassas, VA, the Woodbine Woods Garden Club in Manassas, and has been a resident of Manassas, VA since 1975.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Owen Bowman and Dale Bowman, and one sister, Lola Walters. Surviving besides her beloved husband of 44 years, are one daughter, Lisa Zech and her husband Mike Tull of Oak Hill, VA: one son, Jason Zech of Charlotte, NC: one sister, Dorothy McFarland of Toledo, OH: and one grandson, Kyle Tull of Oak Hill,VA.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, December 6th, 2008 from 12:00-2:00 P.M at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Summerfield, 7295 Kruse Rd., Petersburg, MI, where memorial services will begin at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Albert Nelson officiating. Interment will immediately follow in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may take the form of a donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, The National Capital Area, 5845 Richmond Highway, Suite 800,

Alexandria, VA 22303.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Capaul Funeral Home, Ida, MI.

Online condolences may be sent to: www.capaulfuneralhome.com.

Mary Ann Bowman

1941 - 2008

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