Delores Collier Bowe, 68, of Lusby, MD, formerly of Washington, D. C. was called home to be with the Lord on January 17, 2011 at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, MD. She was born on August 23, 1942 in Charlottesville, VA to the late Lewis Lloyd Collier and Mavis Mozelle Morris Collier.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her beloved husband Eugene "Papa" Bowe.

Delores is survived by her children, Donna Avelar of Carolina Beach, NC and Dawn Hammons of Lusby, MD; sisters, Elnora Sheler, Venita Johnson both of WV and Carolyn Bellafiore of DE; two grandchildren, Aleigha and James Hammons of Lusby, MD; son-in-law Steven Hammons of Lusby, MD and numerous nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends on Friday, January 21, 2011 from 5:00 – 6:00 PM at the Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 20 American Lane, Lusby, MD. Funeral Services will follow at 6:00 PM in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Randall Casto officiating. Interment will be held on Monday, January 24, 2011, 1:00 PM at Holly Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Charlottesville, VA.

Memorial contributions may be made in Delores memory to Asbury-Solomons Benevolent Care Fund, 11100 Asbury Circle, Solomons, MD 20688, or to Rivers Edge Church, Muskogee, OK.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.