Name: James L. "Jim" Bowen Date: July 1st, 1931 - December 10th, 2009 Obituary: On December 10, 2009, of Cheverly, MD. Jim was the loving father of Michael A. Bowen and Rebecca L. Hammer, grandfather of April M. Richards and her husband Christopher and the late Kevin J. Hammer, great-grandfather of Lucy E. Richards, brother of Patricia Krebs and Peter Bowen and dear friend of Dick and Lynn Demeister and Susan Sohn and their families. Relatives and friends are invited to Jim’s Life Celebration at Gasch’s Funeral Home, P.A., 4739 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD on Monday, December 21 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday, December 22 for services at 10:30 a.m. Interment Maryland Veteran’s Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD. Memorial contributions may be made in his name to The Johns Hopkins Hospital Business Services, 201 N. Charles St., Ste. 2500, Baltimore, MD 21201 Attn: Gift Processing Supervisor or to the U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002. Memorials: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Business Services, 201 N. Charles St., Ste. 2500, Baltimore, MD 21201 Attn: Gift Processing Supervisor or to the U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002 Visitations: 2:00PM to 4:00PM on Monday, December 21st, 2009 at Gasch's Funeral Home, P.A. (map/driving directions) 7:00PM to 9:00PM on Monday, December 21st, 2009 at Gasch's Funeral Home, P.A. (map/driving directions) Services: 10:30AM at Gasch's Funeral Home, P.A. on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 (map/driving directions) Cemetery: Maryland Veteran's Cemetery, Cheltenham Maryland 11301 Crain Highway Cheltenham, MD 20623 (map/driving directions)