Betty Jane Bower, 90, of Rockford, Ohio, passed away at the Van Wert In-Patient Hospice Center, Van Wert, Ohio, on January 7, 2013. She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on August 11, 1922, to James B. and Pearl (Byers) Kesterson. On June 30, 1951, she married Robert Bower, and he preceded in death on January 17, 2006. She had been a bookkeeper in Fort Wayne, until moving to the area with her husband in the 1960's. No services are planned.