Martha Jane Bowman Lavie died peacefully on October 13, 2024, in Littleton, CO. Marty, as she was known amongst her family and friends, was born in Zanesville, OH on June 6th, 1927, to Samuel and Lucy Bowman. Marty was the youngest of 7 children born into the Bowman family and looked up to her brothers and sisters through her last days. Marty’s siblings Sam, Mary, Margaret, Sarah, Carolyn and Bill all had profound positive impacts on shaping Marty’s life as her father Samuel passed in 1937 when Marty was 10.

Marty married Louis Phillip Lavie III in 1950 on June12th celebrating their love for each other and her day of college graduation from Muskingum College in OH. They immediately fled cross country to San Francisco, CA to settle and explore the Wild West. Lou landed a job in San Francisco, and they were surrounded in the SF Bay Area by many of Marty’s extended family. They soon had children, and California quickly became home with no thoughts of ever returning back East. All of Marty’s siblings eventually moved out West which kept the family close both geographically and in their lives together.

Following Lou’s employment opportunities, they lived in Burlingame CA, Salt Lake City UT, Bellevue WA, Saratoga CA and eventually retired in Lake Wildwood CA. Lou’s life was cut short by cancer in 1997 during the “go years” of their retirement and Marty eventually married Joseph Lombardi, a longtime family friend. Marty’s family tree grew again with the Lombardi family which had generations of family nearby. Joe and Marty were married for 12 beautiful years continuing to travel, play golf, socialize and enjoy their expanded family.

Marty’s life was filled with raising her boys, church activities, bridge, golf, socialization and many dear friendships developed over the years. Marty is survived by her sons Phil and Scott, daughters-in-law Ginny and Marcia, her grandsons Samuel, Robert and Jake along with dozens of nieces, nephews and generations of the family’s prodigy spread far and wide geographically in the U.S.