Kevin Bowser, Sears Employee

Kevin Bowser, 39, a Sears, Roebuck and Co. junior executive andworld traveler, died Sunday at Michael Reese Hospital..

A South Side resident, he died of natural causes, said hismother, Dorothy Rivers, chief executive officer of the PritzkerGrinker School.

Mr. Bowser had been with the retailer for his entire career. Atthe time of his death, he was an administrative assistant in Sears'employee savings/profit-sharing division. Before that, he served assenior assistant of the organizational behavior section in personneladministration.

A graduate of the Latin School, he developed an interest inforeign relations at a young age. He was selected to participate inan educational program sponsored by the Foreign Study League andattended high school in Britain, France and Germany.

Mr. Bowser then attended Schiller College in Paris. Fluent inFrench and Danish, he spent much of his spare time traveling to suchcountries as Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Belgium,Switzerland and Australia.

The rest of his extra time was devoted to music, particularlythe works of the classical and romantic periods.

He leaves no other immediate family.

Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m. today at Cage MemorialChapel, 7651 S. Jeffery. Services will follow. Burial will be at9:30 a.m. Friday in Oak Woods Cemetery, 1035 E. 67th.