from the USTA Communications Department
Columbus, OH — Lenore “Lee” Vinnedge Bowen, 82, the wife of The Red Mile’s director of sponsorships Charlie Bowen, died April 4, 2010.
Mrs. Bowen was a graduate of Miami University. She was a member of Alpha Omega Pi sorority and in 1947 was named queen of Miami’s Recensio Yearbook.
For many years she was a member of Childhood League and continued as an assistant board member. She was a past member of the Columbus Country Club and the USTA, and past chairwoman of the St. Alban Episcopal Church Women’s Guild.
Mrs. Bowen is survived by her husband of 60 years, Charles E.; daughters, Patricia Prosser and Gail Ward; sons, Jeffrey and Charles H.; and grandchildren, Kyle, Kendall and Stephanie.
At the family’s request, funeral and memorial services will be private.