SALISBURY - Mary Frances Lecates Bowden died Saturday, Mar. 25, 2017, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born in Salisbury, she was the daughter of the late William and Myrtle Lecates.
She worked in the DNF sewing factories in Salisbury for many years. She also worked at B.Green Food Depot until 2000. She was a parishioner of Jerusalem UMC for all of her life.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, Bill Lecates and Sam Lecates. She is survived by her loving husband, of 53 years, Raymond Bowden; two daughters, Lisa Bowden and Frances Bowden; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A funeral service was held Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2017, at Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury. Burial was in Carey's Cemetery in Millsboro.