Frances Stevenson Bowie
September 10, 1922 ~ January 16, 2026
Frances Stevenson Bowie, age 103, of Solomon’s, MD, peacefully passed away on 16 Jan 2026. Born on 10 Sep 1922 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of Alfred Brockie Stevenson, Sr. and Caroline Lansdale Sill. She was preceded in death by her husband Forrest Dodge Bowie of Largo, MD and only sibling Alfred Brockie Stevenson, Jr., a renowned artist and Professor at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design in Washington, DC. After high school graduation, she attended Pennsylvania Hospital’s School of Nursing and upon graduation she shipped out to France as a Lt. with the USANC, meeting her brother in Metz, France right after VE Day. She was then sent to the Pacific Theater, assigned to the 27th General Hospital in Tokyo, Japan until Mar 1946. Thereafter, she practiced nursing in Philadelphia, PA. While singing in a church choir she experienced a spiritual awakening and devoted her life to the work of God. In 1952 she married and bore four children: Dennis, Thomas, Ann and Caroline (deceased). On her husband’s ancestral farm, Mt. Lubentia, she provided her family with scratch made meals and instilled a work ethic and discipline that would carry her children through life’s challenges. After her husband’s passing, she managed the farm until retiring at Solomons , MD. She has four grandchildren: Barbara, Mark, Jaclyn and Jessica.
A service will be held at St. Anne’s Anglican Catholic Church, 29449
Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, MD.
Condolences may be made to the family via abbirtcil@gmail.com or Annie Birtcil, 521 Park Valley Dr E, Hopkins, MN 55343.
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Frances Bowie, RN, we recognize you and pay homage to your dedication to the profession of nursing. We extend our deepest sympathies to your family, friends and colleagues.
Respectfully,
The Maryland Nurse Honor Guard