{"id":8,"date":"2023-01-24T17:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:36:10","slug":"in-memorium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memorium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-palette-color-6-color has-palette-color-4-background-color has-text-color has-background has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><strong>Albert Henry Bowers 1928 &#8211; 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/funeral2682022\/AlbertsFuneralFull.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Above is the video of the funeral service and graveside burial service. The funeral was held in the same church in Lowestoft, that Albert visited around 1960 time, on the day he met his then future wife (and our mother), Esther Dewbery.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\nTime since Esther Bowers (nee Dewbery) passed away <div style=\"color: black; background: white; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">16 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days <span class=\"hrcountup\" data-time=\"511526536\">10 hours<\/span> <span class=\"msrcountup\" data-time=\"511526536\">42 minutes 16 seconds<\/span><\/div>\n\n<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">\nTime since Albert Bowers passed away <div style=\"color: black; background: white; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">3 years 8 months 1 week 6 days <span class=\"hrcountup\" data-time=\"116849762\">10 hours<\/span> <span class=\"msrcountup\" data-time=\"116849762\">16 minutes 2 seconds<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-style-default wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DadsGraveWithFlowers20230303-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Albert Bowers Grave with headstone installed\" class=\"wp-image-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DadsGraveWithFlowers20230303-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DadsGraveWithFlowers20230303-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DadsGraveWithFlowers20230303-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DadsGraveWithFlowers20230303-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DadsGraveWithFlowers20230303-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);font-size:18px;\" class=\"has-inline-color has-tertiary-color\">Albert&#8217;s headstone has now been installed.<\/mark><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/funeral2682022\/WalkFromDadToGrandParents.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size:28PXL;\">A short walk from Albert&#8217;s grave to that of his parents-in-law (Stephen and Elsie Dewbery)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-palette-color-2-color has-palette-color-4-background-color has-text-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Albert Bowers Picture Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default wp-duotone-unset-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bowersfamily1982.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bowers Family in 1982<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized wp-duotone-unset-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/DadsPlaque-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The Plaque on Albert's Grave\" class=\"wp-image-175\" style=\"width:996px;height:1328px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-tertiary-color\">The Plaque on Albert&#8217;s Grave<\/mark><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized wp-duotone-unset-5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/DadsWreath4-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" style=\"width:996px;height:1328px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-tertiary-color\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">The wreath on Albert&#8217;s Grave<\/span><\/mark><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-duotone-unset-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoffinAboutToBeLowered.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-tertiary-color\">The Coffin about to be lowered into the grave<\/mark><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized wp-duotone-unset-7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/DadsCardsonWreath1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" style=\"width:990px;height:1320px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cards on Albert&#8217;s wreath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized wp-duotone-unset-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/DadsCardsonWreath2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\" style=\"width:1000px;height:1333px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cards on Albert&#8217;s wreath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albert Henry Bowers 1928 &#8211; 2022 Above is the video of the funeral service and graveside burial service. The funeral was held in the same church in Lowestoft, that Albert visited around 1960 time, on the day he met his then future wife (and our mother), Esther Dewbery. &nbsp; Albert Bowers Picture Gallery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sambowers.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}