Background
Bowman, Barbara May was born on July 30, 1933 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (Williamson) Sharkey.
Bowman, Barbara May was born on July 30, 1933 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (Williamson) Sharkey.
Diploma in Nursing, Hartford (Connecticut) Hospital, 1954.
Staff nurse, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1955-1956; staff nurse, Visiting Nurse Association, Natick, Massachusetts, 1957-1958; staff nurse, Visiting Nurse Association, Salem, Massachusetts, 1959-1963; owner, Henry Farm Inn, Chester, Vermont, since 1983; owner, Folger Hotel, Nantucket, Massachusetts, since 1963.
Past board directors Visiting Nurse Association, Salem. Board directors Salem Hospital, 1980s. Active Massachusetts Conference United Church of Christ, since 1985.
Member New England Innkeepers Association, New England Women's Fellowship.
Married Robert B. Bowman, June 4, 1955. Children: Glenn Sharkey, Scott Daniel, Jean Elizabeth.