Margaret E. Cerami

MANCHESTER - Margaret E. (Keenan) Cerami, 73, of Manchester, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2000, at Concord Hospice House, Concord, following a lengthy period of declining health.

Born Feb. 12, 1926, in Portsmouth, she was the daughter of John and Mary (Cassily) Keenan. She graduated from Portsmouth High School. She resided in Manchester for many years.

In 1981, she earned a degree in human services from New Hampshire College. Afterward, she did graduate work at Springfield College.

Before her retirement in 1991, she was a case worker with the state of New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. She was also an instructor at New Hampshire College and Castle Junior College.

She was a volunteer with Visiting Nurse Services _ Home Health and Hospice Care, and a communicant of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.

An avid reader, she enjoyed the outdoors, especially being near the ocean. She was very devoted to her family.

She was the wife of the late Paul J. Cerami, who died March 19, 1992, for 45 years.

Survivors include three sons, James P. Cerami of Ashland, N.H., Thomas R. Cerami of Brookline, N.H., and Paul J. Cerami of Naples, Fla.; four daughters, Mary "Trudy" Gelinas and her husband, Ronald, of Litchfield, N.H., Kathleen M. Daigle and her husband, Daniel, of Manchester, Elaine M. Langton and her husband, Timothy, of Manchester, and Kristen A. Cerami of Concord; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three brothers, John Keenan of Oceanside, Calif., Richard Keenan of El Paso, Texas, and Paul Keenan of Hudson, N.H.; a sister, Caroline Ploude and her husband, Edward, of Mount Erie, Md.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Carl F. Bowden

PORTSMOUTH - Carl Freeman Bowden, 84, of 50 Colonial Drive, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2000, at the Edgewood Centre.

Born Sept. 17, 1915, in York Beach, he was the son of Fred and Nellie (Freeman) Bowden. He was a 1935 graduate of York High School and a 1940 graduate of the Wentworth Intsitute of Technology in Boston. He had resided in Portsmouth since 1942.

For 30 years, he had worked as a naval architect at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

He was a communicant of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and a member of the N.A.R.F.E.

He was the husband of Louise (Harnedy) Bowden for 57 years.

In addition to his wife, survivors include a daughter, Karen Bowden Cooper of Pittsburgh; two grandchildren, Mary and William Cooper; and a niece, Melinda Kershaw.

He was predeceased by a daughter, Carol Louise Bowden; a grandson, Timothy Cooper; three brothers and a sister.

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