- Date Of Birth: July 3, 1925
- Date Of Death: September 22, 2022
- State: New Mexico
Hope Bowlin McClure
Evelyn Hope Bowlin was born to Willa Harding Bowlin and Claude Bowlin Sr. the third day of July 1925 on the Carrington Ranch near Breece, NM.
As the daughter and second child of off-reservation Indian Traders, Hope spent her early years at Grants, Farmington, Bluewater Valley, and Gallup NM. She was a graduate of Gallup High School class of 1944. It was during high school that she met her future husband, Frank McClure; they were married in 1946 after the end of WWII when he returned from serving in the US Marine Corps. They were parted by his death after 59 loving years of marriage.
Hope and Frank raised their family at Gage, Bluewater Valley, and for many years at Grants, NM where they were co-owners of several businesses including Stuckey’s Pecan Shoppe franchises.
She was a lifelong member of the Order of the Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Grand Matron for The Grand Chapter of New Mexico. She was a member of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, and a lifelong member of Beta Sigma Phi.
Hope passed peacefully from this life to the next on Thursday, Sept 22, 2022. In death she joins her beloved husband, parents, older brother Claude Bowlin Jr. and his wife, Mary Alice Showalter Bowlin, and foster brother, Tom Lee.
Remaining to celebrate her legacy and mourn her passing are her son, Wayne McClure; daughter, Patricia McClure and husband, Kraig Williams; granddaughters, Angella Hatton, Courtney McClure, Allison Hatton Sandoval, and Kristin McClure; brother, Michael Bowlin and wife, Monica Anderson Bowlin; daughter-in-love, Donna Paulson McClure; nieces, Cheryll Bowlin Blevins, Valkyrie Bowlin Musarra, Kimberly Bowlin, and Emily Bowlin, and her great -grandchildren.
Grand Chapter of New Mexico OES Charity Foundation
P.O. Box 1209
Las Cruces, NM 88004-1209
