Antonia Cameron

VISITATION:  Sunday, July 14, 2013 family will recieve family/friends 4:00 to 7:00pm at the funeral home

ROSARY/VIGIL:  7:00pm Sunday, July 14, 2013 at the funeral home

FUNERAL SERVICE:  10:00 am Monday, July 15, 2013

St. Edward's Catholic Church, Belleville, Kansas

FAMILY INURNMENT:  At a later date at Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Atchinson, Kansas

MEMORIALS:  In lieu of flowers family suggest memorials to Grandview Apartments, Belleville

Antonia Margaret Cameron, 90, formerly of Atchison, Kansas passed away Friday, July 5, 2013 at Belleville, Kansas. She was born June 11, 1923 at Atchison to Lucio Reyes and Jacinta Marie (Gurrola) Jimenez. Toni, as she was affectionately known, grew up in Atchison with eight brothers and three sisters. She was united in marriage to William Jesse Bowen who had a son William Lewis Bowen. Toni and William had two sons together, Fredrick Thomas and William Jesse, Jr. Toni's husband William died in 1954. Later she married William Cameron in 1962 moving to Norton, Kansas at that time. Toni worked several jobs including a cook at the Lucky Strike Grill and was a homemaker. They moved to Phillipsburg, Kansas in the early 1970s. In 1976 they moved to Lincoln, Kansas where she worked as a nurse's aide. In 1992 they retired and moved to Lancaster, Kansas to enjoy their retirement years. Toni loved spending time with her family, crocheting, playing bingo, cooking for large family gatherings, and watching sporting events such as the Kansas City Chiefs and Jayhawk basketball. She was a devote Catholic. Toni was preceded in death by her husband's William Bowen and William Cameron; son Frederick Thomas (Tom) Bowen, step-son William Lewis Bowen, daughters-in-law Julie Bowen and Naomi Bowen; brother-in-law Guy Gallery; grandson James Bowen; brothers Victor, Julian, Robert, Alex, Cosmos, Johnny and a brother who died in infancy; and sister Mary Razo. She will be forever remembered by her son William "Jazz" Bowen (Mary Ann Kasl) Belleville; daughter-in-law Mary Kay Bowen, Wichita; brother Art Jimenez, Lee's Summit, MO; sisters Julia (Alvin) Mapes, Norton, KS and Virginia Galley, Atchison, KS; 9 grandchildren; 7 step-grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 20 step-great grandchildren; 38 step-great, great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews who she loved dearly.