Sondra Kay Bowser

BURLESON — Sondra Kay Bowser died Friday, May 8, 2009, at a local hospital.   Memorial service: 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Burleson, 601 S. Burleson Blvd.   Memorials: In lieu of flowers and food, the family requests donations in the name of Sondra Bowser be made to Community Hospice, 1208 W. Henderson, Suite B, Cleburne, Texas 76033. (click here to make an online donation to Community Hospice)   Sondra was born Feb. 9, 1944, in Elm Hall, Mich., to Lola and Thomas Hoxie. She attended school in Michigan and graduated from nursing school at Andrews University. She continued her education at Walla Walla University and Loma Linda University School of Medicine where she received her M.D. in 1972. Shortly after graduation, she married Michael Bowser on June 13, 1972, and they had almost 37 wonderful years together. Sondra finished an internal medicine residency at Loma Linda and practiced on the medical school staff for six years. They moved to Burleson in 1981 and she practiced internal medicine and later did medical quality work at Huguley Hospital. In addition she was a hospice physician for many years.   Sondra loved gardening, especially flowers and all animals. She was a member of Crowley Seventh-day Adventist Church and was very strong in her faith. She will be greatly missed by her family and her many friends.   Special thanks go to Drs. Larry Whitcomb, Henry Cunningham, Deepak Patel Adil Choudhary, the nurses of MICU and the Wound Care Team at Huguley Hospital. The love and support that she received from all at Huguley Hospital will never be forgotten.   She was preceded in death by her father and mother.   Survivors: Husband, Michael; brother, Vernon Hoxie and wife, Kerry; sisters, Coral Staines and husband, John, and Norma Hoxie; Michael’s siblings, Robert Bowser, Judy Graff and Jan Bender and their families; and numerous nieces and nephews.