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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."
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."
Bowen had fifteen children with his wife Ruth Butcher Bowen (1929-2016).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2016/05/23/ruth-butcher-bowen-former-wife-lafayette-mayor-dies/84789398/|title=Ruth Butcher Bowen, wife of former Lafayette mayor, dies|author=Kris Wartelle|publisher=''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|date=May 23, 2016|accessdate=September 24, 2019}}</ref> 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 first wife, Ruth Butcher Bowen (1929-2016), the daughter of a Lafayette businessman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2016/05/23/ruth-butcher-bowen-former-wife-lafayette-mayor-dies/84789398/|title=Ruth Butcher Bowen, wife of former Lafayette mayor, dies|author=Kris Wartelle|publisher=''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|date=May 23, 2016|accessdate=September 24, 2019}}</ref> 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.