Mary Louise West Bowden
My Great Great Grandma
She was the first woman to weld on ships
Mary Louise West Bowden was the very first woman that was a Navy-certified welder.
Jehovah Witness
Mary Louise West Bowden was a jehovah witness when she got older
Her Children and Family and Husbands
Survivors include a son, Michael and wife Robin, DeSoto; a daughter, Katherine DePriest, Lawrence; two brothers, John West, Loma Lynda, Calif., and Larry West, Northern; sister, Martha Darlion, Pacorma, Calif., five grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.She married William Shrives Van Horn. They later divorced.She married Clarence J. Bowden. They later divorced.
Her Parents
Her parents owned a donut shop in the Great Depression- Which kept them from living on the streets.
The Cemetery
She was buried at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Lawrence Kansas.
Where She Lived
She was born May 4, 1925, in Allyn, Wash., the daughter of John and Louise Olsen West.