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==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Bowen did not run for the mayor-presidency in the elections held in the fall of 1995, which corresponded with the statewide officers, but the new post went to his fellow Democrat, Walter Comeaux.
Bowen did not run for the mayor-presidency in the elections held in the fall of 1995, which corresponded with the statewide officers, but the new post went to his fellow Democrat, Walter Comeaux. Before his death, Bowen fought liver [[cancer]]. A longtime friend Stanley Brosky told ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' that the illness made Bowen more spiritual... and ready for the end. . . . People would be surprised in the end how spiritual he had become and what an inspiration he was."
Before his death, Bowen fought liver [[cancer]]. A longtime friend Stanley Brosky told ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' that the illness made Bowen more spiritual... and ready for the end. . . . People would be surprised in the end how spiritual he had become and what an inspiration he was."
Bowen had fifteen children with his wife Ruth Butcher Bowen. Thirteen of those survived their father. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, and the namesake son, Kenneth F. "Kip" Bowen, Jr., and daughter Kamille. Bowen had forty grandchildren, and one great-grandchild at the time of his death.
Bowen had fifteen children with his wife Ruth Butcher Bowen. Thirteen of those survived their father. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, and the namesake son, Kenneth F. "Kip" Bowen, Jr., and daughter Kamille. Bowen had forty grandchildren, and one great-grandchild at the time of his death.
Services were held on May 4, 2002, at the [[Episcopal Church]] of the Ascension Columbarium on Johnston Street in Lafayette, with the Reverend Russell J. Levenson, Jr., the church rector, officiating.
Services were held on May 4, 2002, at the [[Episcopal Church]] of the Ascension Columbarium on Johnston Street in Lafayette, with the Reverend Russell J. Levenson, Jr., the church rector, officiating.
At the funeral, his son Kris Bowen recalled his father as "an agent of change" for the city that he loved. "The proof of his efforts -- like the Camellia Boulevard bridge project, the Cajundome (completed in 1985 under Lastrapes), and the Convention Center -- are visible throughout Lafayette. History will treat him well, not for the bricks and mortar he laid, but the lives he changed along the way."
At the funeral, his son Kris Bowen recalled his father as "an agent of change" for the city that he loved. "The proof of his efforts -- like the Camellia Boulevard bridge project, the Cajundome (completed in 1985 under Lastrapes), and the Convention Center -- are visible throughout Lafayette. History will treat him well, not for the bricks and mortar he laid, but the lives he changed along the way."
Four months prior to his death, Bowen was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
Four months prior to his death, Bowen was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.