Ophelia
Ellen Bowen-Porte
The
Porte, Bowen, Watkins, Stubblefield and Dent
Families announce with sadness the passing away
of Ophelia Ellen Bowen-Porte on Jan 26, 2010
at her home, located in Roxbury,MA
Ophelia
was born on April 10, 1948 in Monrovia, Liberia
to Colonel William B. Bowen, Sr and Beatrice
Stubblefield-Bowen
Big Sister, Big Aunty as she was affectionately
called is survived by her husband, Joseph Lincoln
Porte, her daugters Vanzetta Chioma Ojukwu"chicken
egg" and Josphine Linette Porte"tofeco",
her two grand Children Zuri Fernandes, Jr and
Tyrese Poole, her sisters Josephine Bowen-Holder,
Beatrix Bowen-Griffth, and Wilhemetta Bowen-Lewis,
her brothers Jerome K. Bowen, Sr, Brudnell E.
Bowen, Sr, Charles K. Bowen, Sr , adopted sliblings
Gloria Cooper,Angeline Mona Toe, Philomena Hare,
Cecelia Hare- Sawyer, Augustus Hare, and Beatrix
Hare- Carridine, her foster siblings Daniel
Bowen, and Vera Bowen, and host of in-laws,
nieces, nephews, cousins including her darling
cousin Amanda Simpson and Clarence L. Simpson
and dear friends
Wake and Funeral Viewing of Body, Friday
February 12, 2010 6-7pm
Wake Keeping , Friday February 12, 2010
7-10pm at
