Helen E. Mowry of Cranston died Thursday, January 31, 2008, on her 91st birthday at the Nancy Ann Nursing Home, Foster, Rhode Island. She was the wife of the late Leslie F. Mowry, Jr.
Mrs. Mowry was born in Fall River, MA, the daughter of the late Harold and Edith (Carter) Castle.
Mrs. Mowry was a 1938 Magna cum laude graduate of Brown University where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and was a Elisha Benjamin Andrews Scholar. She also received a degree in Secretarial Science from Bryant College in 1939 and a Master of Library Sciences from the Universityof Rhode Island in 1969.
Mrs. Mowry worked at Brown University from 1939-1958 in the Graduate School Office as a secretary to the Dean, as Administrative Assistant and Registrar for the Summer School of Applied Mathewmatics. She joined the Cranston School Department in 1962 teaching third grade and served as an Elementary School Librarian, Technical Services Librarian, Administror-Librarian for the Summer Library Program and coordinator of School Library programs, retiring in 1986. After retiring Mrs. Mowry served as Secretary of Meshanticut Park Baptist Church in Cranston. She enjoyed knitting, had served as treasurer of the Oak Lawn Garden Club and volunteered at the Central Library Office of the Cranston School Department.
She is survived by two sons, John L. Mowry of Cranston and David D. Mowry of Warwick and one grandson, Jason Mowry.