Terri Bowman

FULLERTON—Terri Jean Bowman, 71, of Fullerton, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loved ones on Thursday, May 5, 2022.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Fullerton Community Church in Fullerton with Pastor Joy Church officiating. A private family inurnment will be at a later date at Fullerton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Wednesday, May 11 at the church. Palmer-Santin Funeral Home is serving the family.
Terri was born July 23, 1950 to Douglas and Maralee (Anderson) Leach at Burwell. She graduated from Burwell High School in 1968. On January 31, 1968, she was united in marriage to Chuck Bowman in Hastings, during a blizzard. They lived in Hastings for a year and half before Chuck joined the United States Air Force. During that time, Terri lived in Burwell. To this union, two sons were born: Paul and Todd. After Chuck came back from the service, they lived in Hastings for 12 years. In 1982, they moved to Fullerton, where Chuck started his own insurance agency. Terri became a florist in the community and obtained her Master Florist degree in the late 1980s. In June 2016, she retired from the florist industry.
She loved volunteering for many organizations within the community. She was a longtime American Red Cross bloodmobile coordinator. She was the chairman of the tree board for Fullerton for 20 years and helped Fullerton receive the National Tree City designation for seven years. She also served on the Fullerton Library board, PEO Chapter AG, and she served on multiple board positions and bell choir with the First Presbyterian Church and Fullerton Community Church. She also helped coordinate the Samaritan’s Purse for the churches and helped deliver the presents.  She had a love of watching birds and tending to her flowers. She waited every year for the orioles, wrens, and hummingbirds to visit at the house. Most of all, she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and sometimes her husband, Chuck.
She is survived by her husband, Chuck of Fullerton; sons, Paul (Shelly) Bowman of Hampton and Todd (Kim) Bowman of Fort Pierre, SD; seven grandchildren, Whitney, Halle, Madi, Carly, Eric, Brian, Violet; three great-grandchildren, Indie, Jaxon, and Levi; brother, Lonny (Karee) Leach of Gibbon; and her nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents and great-grandson, Hayes Springer.