Ester Berry
2005
Ester Berry Bowling, 80, a Washington native who was champion jitterbug dancer, died of a brain tumor July 31 at a friend's home in Potomac. She lived most recently at Brooke Grove, a nursing home in Sandy Spring.
Mrs. Bowling was born in the District and attended  Coolidge High School. Beginning in her mid-teens, she worked for eight years with the American Red Cross, compiling casualty reports. After her marrying, she was primarily a homemaker.
Mrs. Bowling was a member of Lakewood Country Club and the Optimist Club and won a number of awards in golf and bridge. She and her husband also won jitterbug contests in local ballroom dancing competitions.
She lived in Kensington for many years until 1989, when she moved to Leisure World in Silver Spring.
Her husband of 46 years, John W. Bowling, died in 1989.
Survivors include two children, Barbara Bowling of Boise, Idaho, and Bill Bowling of Tallahassee; a brother, Lou Berry of Silver Spring; and four grandchildren