Douglas “D.O.” Bowen
September 29, 1942 – March 8, 2023
Douglas “D.O.” Rodney Bowen, 80, of Huntingtown, MD passed away 8 March 2023 in Annapolis, MD. D.O. was born September 29, 1942, at home on the “Small Reward” farm in Huntingtown, MD to Thomas Monnett Bowen and Evelyn Lydia (Hance) Bowen. He graduated from Calvert Junior-Senior High School in 1960 and attended the University of Maryland. D.O. was employed by the Department of Defense for 36 years from 1963 until his retirement in 1999. While working there he received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award. D.O. served in the US Army National Guard for 6 years from 1964 until his honorable discharged in 1970. On 17 February 1968 he married Jean Whitney Herries and they lived in Annapolis, MD for 34 years until moving down to their farm in Huntingtown in 2002. D.O. raised his first tobacco crop that was marketed when he was 10 years old. He continued raising tobacco until accepting the Maryland “Tobacco Buyout” program in 1998. D.O. was a Ducks Unlimited Life Sponsor and a member of the Maryland Farm Bureau, Calvert County Sportsman’s Club, The Phoenix Society, the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation, the National Rifle Association, and the Calvert County Volunteer Fire Department. He was also a member of Huntingtown United Methodist Church. D.O. enjoyed deer hunting and waterfowl hunting on the Eastern Shore and in Calvert County with his friends.
D.O. was preceded in death by his parents, brother William Thomas Bowen, sister Eliza Elizabeth Bowen, and infant son Thomas Whitney Bowen. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Jean Whitney Bowen, sister Martha Bowen Jones, sister-in-law Judith Herries Gunter, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
&
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Services
- Funeral Service
Thursday, March 16, 2023
11:00 AM
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9 Mar 2023
1:07pm
Miss Jean,
So sorry for your loss. Mr. Bowen was a kind man, good friend. He was very active in the Sportsman’s Club.
I always coming by the house & talking with you & Miss Jean. It was almost like family.
You are now in heaven with you son, sister & brother. I know Miss Jean will miss you but Beth & I
will always be there for here & help her get through this as all of your many friend.
May you be at peace now & may your family hold the beautiful memories. God Bless.
City
Prince Frederick
State
Md.
9 Mar 2023
6:32pm
Miss Jean I don’t know where to start but DO was a great friend who will never be forgotten him and I spent many hours and days hunting and socializing together he was very genuine and a man of his word I know you will miss him but please don’t feel like you are in this alone we are as close as I phone call may he rest in peace
City
Callaway
State
Md
9 Mar 2023
7:23pm
D.O. was a hard working member of the Huntingtown UMC. You would find him doing many things around the church including working at our Church dinners. Wherever he was needed he would step up and help. He will surely be missed.
City
Huntingtown
State
Maryland
10 Mar 2023
7:51am
Jean, I am so sorry for your loss. So many memories, so many shared experiences. Graduating from CCHS so many years ago, working for the Department of Defense (much more briefly than D.O.), classmate lunches, providing support for friends at Huntingtown UMC dinners and funerals. And so much more. He will be missed. May God surround you with his love and give you peace.
City
Lusby
State
Maryland
11 Mar 2023
12:07pm
Rest in Peace D.O. It’s hard to believe that you have left us. It’s hard to find adequate words to describe the loss that so many of us feel. Jean, you have my deepest and most sincere sympathy for your loss. I hope you find peace from God at this time.
City
Solomons
State
MD
13 Mar 2023
2:26am
Sending my Condolences to Jean and family. So very sorry to read that he had passed. I was their cashier at Giant when they would shop.
City
Prince Frederick
State
Maryland
13 Mar 2023
11:01pm
We are very sorry for your loss. D.O. will be remembered as a very nice and kind person, a friend to all, and a Great American citizen. Jean, as you know, D.O. and I were classmates and spent several years in the National Guard together. I am sure you have heard some of our off-hours activities. D.O. and his buddy (Herm), so many memories. May he Rest in Peace.
City
Huntingtown
State
MD
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Miss Jean,
So sorry for your loss. Mr. Bowen was a kind man, good friend. He was very active in the Sportsman’s Club.
I always coming by the house & talking with you & Miss Jean. It was almost like family.
You are now in heaven with you son, sister & brother. I know Miss Jean will miss you but Beth & I
will always be there for here & help her get through this as all of your many friend.
May you be at peace now & may your family hold the beautiful memories. God Bless.
Miss Jean I don’t know where to start but DO was a great friend who will never be forgotten him and I spent many hours and days hunting and socializing together he was very genuine and a man of his word I know you will miss him but please don’t feel like you are in this alone we are as close as I phone call may he rest in peace
D.O. was a hard working member of the Huntingtown UMC. You would find him doing many things around the church including working at our Church dinners. Wherever he was needed he would step up and help. He will surely be missed.
Jean, I am so sorry for your loss. So many memories, so many shared experiences. Graduating from CCHS so many years ago, working for the Department of Defense (much more briefly than D.O.), classmate lunches, providing support for friends at Huntingtown UMC dinners and funerals. And so much more. He will be missed. May God surround you with his love and give you peace.
Rest in Peace D.O. It’s hard to believe that you have left us. It’s hard to find adequate words to describe the loss that so many of us feel. Jean, you have my deepest and most sincere sympathy for your loss. I hope you find peace from God at this time.
Sending my Condolences to Jean and family. So very sorry to read that he had passed. I was their cashier at Giant when they would shop.
We are very sorry for your loss. D.O. will be remembered as a very nice and kind person, a friend to all, and a Great American citizen. Jean, as you know, D.O. and I were classmates and spent several years in the National Guard together. I am sure you have heard some of our off-hours activities. D.O. and his buddy (Herm), so many memories. May he Rest in Peace.