Gov. Otis R. BowenGovernor Otis Bowen will be laid to rest today in Marshall County. The physician turned governor and secretary of health and human services died Saturday in Donaldson at the age of 95. WKVI’s Ed Hasnerl and Bowen were old friends, dating back to May of 1960 when Hasnerl was first elected Starke County Republican Central Committee chairman.
“Doc Bowen had the practice of when he would see somebody doing something in the community he’d cut out the news article or the picture, put it in a nice little card, send his well-wishes. That’s the first that I really remember Doc Bowen,” Hasnerl said.
