G. Milton Bowsher, 55, of Spring Hill, formerly of Largo, passed away June 19 as the result of an accident on June 5, 2009, on SR 52 near Old Pasco Rd.
He came to the Tampa Bay area in 1961 from his native Columbus, OH and was a 1973 Graduate of Largo High School, where he played the trumpet in the Band of Gold. He served his country in US Air Force and was a Territory Sales Manager for Martin-Senour Company.
He was a member of Christ Fellowship in New Port Richey and had attended First Assembly of God, Clearwater. He worked with youth wherever he went to church. He owned Papa Milts Customs and loved all motor-sports.
He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Janet Rusu Bowsher, mother, Mary Lou Bowsher, his daughters, Samantha (James) Brown, Rebekah Bowsher, his mother and father in law Benjamin & Lois Rusu and his granddaughter, Brooklyn Skye Brown. He is survived by a host of brother & sister in laws, nieces & nephews and friends.
Services will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Christ Fellowship, 5718 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. The family will receive friends from 12:30pm until 2pm and a celebration of his life will begin at 2pm. He will be buried at Florida National Cemetery privately.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that contributions should be made to the Angel Fund at Christ Fellowship Church.
God Bless You..Milt
You are missed today and will be missed always. You are our ” Brother” more than ” Our Friend”,,
To Janet,Samantha, Becky and MaryLou…
We Love you and Ed and I are always here for you…
We are so sorry for your loss..He was loved by everyone
God Bless You..Our Brother
We Love You
So sorry to hear about your
lost. I’ve worked with Milt
in Clearwater and New Port
Richey,thru the good times and
the bad..I know he is in a better place. Prayers to the
family during this time.
Peace be with all of you
Oh Milt you are so missed already. Paul says he can’t imagine not having you right down the street or coming down the driveway for this tool or that tool. You were our brother in friendship and our brother in Christ. We look forward to seeing you again. Rest in His arms Milt.
You always said “Everyone needs an Uncle Milt” and I’m very blessed to have had you as my Uncle. I have a lot of memories of you growing up and I have plenty of stories to tell Brooklyn about what a wonderful guy her Grandpa was.
We will miss you more than you know. We will never forget you! Our Love and prayers for all of the family xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo
Janet, De and I wish to express our deepest sympathy to you and your family. Milt made friends with everyone he met and I never had a conversation with him where we didn’t share a joke and a laugh. We shall miss him.
Dude, I miss you man, I really dont even no where to start. You can definately use the definition of our relationship as where it talks in the bible as a “friend that sticks closer than a brother” You lived your life to the fullest bro, you were always concerned if you were at the place you were supposed to be with God! I can sit here and write so many stories from our 4 square road trip to North Carolina from Acquire the Fire, Reindeer Romps, Realfest and all the great memories at Hannah’s Coffee House ane the youth at New Life!! Thank you bro for loving me and being my friend, I was blessed to know you Milton and I will do everything in my heart sole and mind that people will never forget what you live for bro!! Still a lot of souls need to come to the kingdom, you get to be upstairs at the with the Father, but we will see you again some day my friend!! Peace my brother, save me a good piece of land up there with a good mix of Cavinists and Arminians lol
Janet, Marylou, Samantha, Bekah, and to the rest of the “family” who loved Milton so much, (because if you knew Milton-you were “family”): Words cannot describe how sadden I am that Milton is no longer with us. This world was definately a better place with him in it and his presence will leave a void that no one else will be able to fill. Since I was told about his accident, I’ve been praying for him and his family, and I want you to know Janet, Marylou, and the girls, that I am still praying for you each day and will continue to do so. I am so very very sorry for your loss. I know Milton will always be with us in his own little way, whether its through a memory or an old story of his we remember . . . I will never forget the impact he had on my life or the friend that he was to me. Janet, you all have been family to me since the day we met, and in my heart you have always been and will always be family to me. I love you all so much, I am grieving along side of you, please let me know if there is anything that I can do for you and your family in this time of mourning. I will see you at the celebration of his life tomorrow.
Janet – Dee & I wish to express our deepest sympathy to you and your family. Milt made friends with everyone he met and I never had a conversation with him where we didn’t share a joke and a laugh. We shall miss him.
Janet and Family, we are so sorry for the loss of Milt. We really had alot of fond memories of the old racing days. Think about that lot on Gulf to Bay Blvd. and you can’t help but smile at the memories. If there is anything we can do, we are as close as a phone call. God Bless and Keep you.
Janet, we are so sorry for your loss. I will always remember Milt coming in the office with his booming voice. He always brightened up the day.
Just hate it that the first time I see you guys in a while, it’s at Miltons funeral. If you need help, Kim and I are as close as the phone.
I am so sorry for your loss. It has been many years since I have seen Milton. I met him through Jeff Yale years ago. We did have a few deep “soul-searching” discussions, the kind that you remember for the rest of your life. They were also the kind that help you change your life. God bless.
Hearing about the passing of Jeff Yale led me to hearing about the passing of Milton. My family had the priviledge of meeting and getting to know Milton, probably more so than Janet while the family attended Real Life Church in Tampa a short time ago. This will be a huge hole in everyone’s universe for a long time, but I am prayerfully asking God to help the family pull together and love each other through this all. I know that if our church family had known what you all were going through, we would have reached out and shown you our love and support. I will make sure that you are all lifted up in prayer. Asa and I loved to laugh with Milton before services on Sunday or at the barbeques. He was a bigger than life character in any situation we saw him in…such a servants heart and the compassion of Christ himself. The Kingdom is bigger because of his generous spirit and Love for the Father. Now I know that Jeff and Milton are able to join in a new task up in heaven…Maybe they can help organize the wedding feast! That seems like a task they would love to accomplish together again. With warm heavy-hearted condolences. The Hilliard Family
Never goodbye Milton but until we meet again. I will always remember and cherish the times we spent serving the youth on Wednesdays working together to make sure that the perimeter was secure so that they could worship our Father and the many times working side by side on the grill mostly working on reoson to justify another taste test,of course we wouldnt have wanted the kids to get any sub par burgers from our grill LOL My heart goes out to the family that you may find peace in knowing that milton is with the Father. At the time we just had no way of knowing that he was up there setting a place at the table for Pastor Jeff.
God bless you and may the peace of our Lord Jesus smile upon your family and guide your steps through the tuff times ahead and may the light of His love shine on your path that you may find your way untill you see him again in the Fathers house again
Love your brother from another mother Mark C. Roy
I want to express my condolences on Milt’s passing. I served in BOG with him, graduating with the class of ’72. He will be missed, but we can rejoice that he is with our Lord, helping Boss run the brass section.
Dad I miss you. There’s so many things that I still need to do and talk with you about. You were taken from me too early, it just isn’t fair. Funny part is I know what you’d say to that statement ” well baby you know life isn’t fair ” god! theres been so many times i’ve been SO angry when you would say that to me. But your right, your ALWAYS right, but I reckon thats what makes you such a great daddy! There can never be another you, those are pretty big shoes to fill. But you will live on, nobody will ever forget you, and those who know you will tell stories and lessons you’ve taught, told all of us to anyone they can, any chance they get. I love you, and miss you so much. Tell Grandma and Papa I said hello!
Wow! I am so sorry to see that Milton passed away at such an early age. I spemt basic training and Tech school with Milton a long time ago… I feel so bad we lost contact … Milton had such a great personality.. he was truly a great friend.
Janet … Jenny and I still remember the great times we had when we came down to Eglin to visit you too … and you took us to Dollar night at the movies and wow were sure surprised it was Star Wars! We want to express our deepest sympathy to you and your family.