Jerry Lee Bowman

Jerry was a man of few words and the one's he chose were important to him. He was a developmentally disabled person from birth but it didn't deter him from enjoying life. He had a lifelong love of all kinds of music and almost every day had his radio on with headphones and changing between the many local stations.

He attended special education classes and was a proud graduate of the Marvin E. Beekman Center in June 1997. The last seven years at their workshop there too.

Just two months after graduation he started working at Peckham Vocational Industries also here in Lansing. Where he would put together seat belts and sort various things. He would be there for the next 25 years before retiring in December 2022. While there he would be named Employee of the Month three separate times and even Employee of the Year in 2001 for the Lansing Plant.

Also in the 2010's for several years, he would go to CMH's Transitions Central program. Which would take him to many outside activities like bowling, swimming, movie theater and other places around the area. During this time, he attended many free outdoor Concerts In the Park with his father and brother.

In the last several months of his life, he had started to go the Forster Woods Adult Day Center in East Lansing and had finally found a new place that was a fit for him before his sudden passing.

Jerry was predeceased by his parents; and half sister, Connie Mulvin of Iowa.

Survived by his brother, Timothy Bowman of Lansing, sister, Penny Guajardo of Lansing and half-sister, Colleen Stewart of Illinois; eight nieces and nephews; along with other extended family.

A memorial is planned at the Glad Tidings Pentecostal Church of God, 2202 Donora St. in Lansing, on Saturday, March 1st at 12:00 noon, where Jerry attended a majority of his life.

Arrangements provided by the Neptune Society Cremation Services of Grand Rapids.