FOSSIL, Ore. (AP) — The wife of the late University of Oregon track coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman has died at age 96.
Son Jon Bowerman confirms that Barbara Bowerman died Saturday at Haven House Retirement Home in the northcentral Oregon community of Fossil.
Born May 4, 1914, in Chicago, she later moved with her family to Medford, Ore., meeting Bill Bowerman at Medford High School. They married in 1936.
Bill Bowerman died in December 1999, not long after the couple moved to Fossil. Jon Bowerman says his mother spent much of her final years gathering the history of her husband’s ancestors in the town.
Survivors include her sons, Jon Bowerman of Fossil, Jay Bowerman of Bend and Tom Bowerman of Eugene. At her request, there will be no memorial service.
