YOLANDA JANE BOWERS

Wasilla resident Yolanda Jane Bowers died at her home on April 10, 2002, due to a terminal illness.

The family will hold a private memorial service sometime this summer.

Mrs. Bowers was born on Nov. 9, 1959, in Glenwood Springs, Colo.

She attended and graduated from high school in Carbondale, Colo.

She moved to Alaska in 1983, residing in Anchorage until 1994, then in Wasilla until the time of her death.

Mrs. Bowers had been employed as an office manager for Construction Machinery Inc. Her hobbies and interests included fishing, boating, pitching horseshoes, arts and crafts and gardening.

Her family said, "Yo was a strong woman who touched the heart and life of all those who knew her. Her smile and laugh will be missed."

She is preceded in death by her father, Gyula Horvath Sr.; and brother, Gyula Horvath Jr.

Surviving Mrs. Bowers are her husband, Tom Bowers; son, Kevyn Fairchild; brother, Jim Horvath; and mother, Rozalia Horvath.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made in the name of Yolanda Bowers to Hospice of Mat-Su, 3051 E. Palmer-Wasilla Hwy., Wasilla, AK 99654.

Arrangements were made by Valley Funeral Home and Crematory of Wasilla.