Helen Bowerman (1899-2010) validation

The GRG announces the age validation of Helen Marie Bowerman, nee Kratz. Helen was born June 11th 1899 in Monroe, Henry County, Ohio, USA, to William Kratz and Elizabeth Kratz, nee Heckler. She had no known siblings. On June 18th 1924, aged 25, Helen married Charles Bowerman in Henry County, Ohio. They had one child together – a son named Robert Gene Bowerman (September 27th 1925 – December 24th 1999). Unfortunately, this marriage was not to last. By 1930 they had divorced and Helen and Robert was living back with her parents. Helen did not remarry, although Charles went on to remarry and have more children. As far as can be seen, Helen spent her whole life living in Henry County, Ohio. She passed away in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, on February 5th 2010, aged 110 years, 239 days. She outlived her former husband and her only child.

Helen’s age was verified by Anson Davis and Ilias Leivaditis. This was accepted as validated by the GRG with a retroactive date of December 3rd 2016.