Flags are half-staff in Indiana this week to honor a former governor. A funeral service for former Governor and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Otis "Doc" Bowen will be held Friday. The service will be in his hometown of Bremen.

The Mishler Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul‘s Lutheran Church in Bremen. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church.
Otis "Doc" Bowen died Saturday night in Donaldson, IN. He was 95.

Gov.Mike Pence called Bowen‘s service to the state and the nation incalculable. He was the first Indiana governor in modern day to serve 2 consecutive terms following a state constitutional amendment in 1972.
Following his service in the statehouse, Bowen was asked by President Ronald Reagan to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, a position he held from 1985 to 1989.

As governor, Bowen was credited with overhauling Indiana‘s tax structure and creating a state-wide emergency medical services system. As Health Secretary, Bowen promoted safe sex practices as AIDS began to spread across the country.

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