Virginia O'Hara Bowker

Our beautiful mother, Virginia O'Hara Bowker (Ginny) of Scituate, Massachusetts (formerly of Dorchester, MA), passed away peacefully on Friday, August 12, 2022 following a brief illness. She is the daughter of the late Dr. Francis P. and Frances Tomasello O'Hara. She was the loving wife of the late Christopher P. Bowker for 46 years until his death. She is survived by her four children and their spouses: Drs. Mary and Andrew Dunn of Austin, TX, Anne and Dr. Shehzad Azmi of Memphis, TN, Christopher and Julie Bowker of Scituate, MA, and Jane and Tim Finocchio of Holbrook, MA.  She adored her seven grandchildren: Madeleine and Alexandra Dunn, Zach Azmi, and Paul, Mary, Hugh, and Bennett Bowker.

Ginny graduated from Notre Dame Academy and received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Newton College of the Sacred Heart. She earned a Master's Degree in Education from Boston State College and began her career as a Guidance Counselor in the Boston Public Schools. She served as a School Adjustment Counselor and School Psychologist in the Marshfield, MA schools for twenty years until she retired in 2007. In addition to being a role model and mentor to many people, she was a tireless advocate for her students. She lived her faith and aimed to do at least one good deed for others eachday. Ginny was a daily communicant and devout parishioner at St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church in Cohasset, MA. Shewas a member of the Scituate Harbor Yacht Club, and an active supporter and cheerleader for her children and grandchildren's many activities.

Her life will be celebrated in a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Anthony's Church in Cohasset, MA on Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory to the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, the Marvin Fund of the RISPCA, or St. Edward's University (Austin, TX) Scholarship Fund.

The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement

https://www.atonementfriars.org/make-a-donation/

The Marvin Fund of the RISPCA

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St. Edward's University Scholarship Fund

https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/8081/donations/