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Object Description

Object ID

5624

Title

Members of the Bowling family with the Fort Langley baseball team.

Date

1952.

Description

Members of the Bowling family with the Fort Langley baseball team. The men on either side of the man that appears to be the coach are Tom and Donald Bowling.

People/Subject

Bowling, Donald

Donald William Bowling was born to parents Frank and Nellie Bowling on Nov. 20, 1924 at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. He grew up in Fort Langley, and served during WWII with the Winnipeg Rifles. He became the Fort Langley Postmaster in 1952, and remained in the position for 36 years. He married Kathy Carson, and the couple had four children: Maureen (b.1955), Donna (b. 1956), John, and Sheila. Don passed away October 19, 1994, and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.

Bowling, Tom

Thomas Hugh Bowling was born July 2, 1927 to parents Frank and Nellie Bowling. He attended Langley High School (grad 1946). He married Donna Rodd on Sept. 21, 1957. He passed away August 8, 2000.

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