Alice Lorraine Bowhay

Alice Lorraine Bowhay passed away on March 31st, 2021 in Dayton, Washington.

She was born October 26th, 1930 in Bellingham, Washington to Louis and Reah Cowan. The 6th child of 7 children. Her childhood was spent on Lummi Island, Washington and in Bellingham, Washington.

She married the love of her life Harold Bowhay on June 9th, 1951. And settled in Mount Vernon, then Wickersham. Together they had three children, Charles Wesley Bowhay, Michael Harold Bowhay, and Christine Ann Bowhay.

She and Harold were also foster parents. She and her husband helped start the Association of Foster Parents in Washington state. She was a Boy Scout Den Mother and a Bible Vacation Teacher.

In 1975, they sold their home that she loved and moved to Dayton, Washington in 1976 with daughter Chris. Alice was well known for her gardens and her raspberries and other fruits and vegetables that she sold from her home. She also worked many years as the dishwasher for The Patit Creek Restaurant. She also spent a lot of her time when not in the garden, reading as many books as she could, listening to all kinds of music, or watching Reba, General Hospital, Bonanza, or Lawrence Welk on the TV, and spending time with her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.

She was always up for a sing along or to telling stories of her life growing up on Lummi Island with her siblings and the trouble they would get into.

She was proceeded in death by her siblings Joyce, Mae, Lois, June, Stanley, Walter, Lewis, and her husband Harold. She is survived by her children, Charles of Ferndale, Washington, Michael of Dayton, Washington, and Christine of Walla Walla. And her numerous Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren, and her Great Great Granddaughter. As well as many Nieces, and Nephews.

A celebration of life will be held Saturday April 17th, 2021 at 1 pm in the Lyons building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds in Waitsburg Washington.