Rachel Hess

Rachel Sue Hess (née Bowman) died peacefully at Trillium Place on November 5, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 76.
Rachel is survived by her husband, Robert; her children, David (Pam) Hess, Jane (Bruce) Carpenter, Elizabeth (John) Cerabino-Hess and Julia (Joe Bonner) Hess; her siblings, Frank (Deanna) Bowman, Tom Bowman, Debbie (Bruce) Jones and Joe Bowman; her grandchildren, Colin Hess, Evan (Courtney) Hess, Paige Carpenter, Tessa Carpenter, Quincy Cerabino-Hess, Flora Cerabino-Hess, Anastasija Bonner, Aleksejs K Bonner, Lillian Bonner and Adela Bonner; her great-grandchildren, Aslyn Mounts, Kael Hess and Lincoln Hess; and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Leon and Virginia Bowman of Hilliard, Ohio.
Rachel was born on March 25, 1939 in Piqua, Ohio to Leon and Virginia Bowman and grew up in Hilliard, Ohio. She graduated from The Ohio State University in 1960 with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing and married Robert in 1961. Rachel worked as an operating room nurse at Mt. Carmel Medical Center from 1961-1962 before stopping to raise her four children. After a twenty-one year hiatus, she returned to nursing at the Mt. Carmel Medical Center, where she enjoyed a seventeen year career in oncology nursing.
Rachel was quiet, kind, and devoted to her family. She enjoyed needle-crafts, raising roses and orchids, and time spent with her husband, children, grandchildren, siblings, and neighbors on Ellington Road. She was a member of St. Agatha Catholic Church in Upper Arlington.
Family will receive friends 5 to 7 pm on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Tidd Funeral Home, 5265 Norwich St., Hilliard, OH 43026; where funeral service will follow at 7 pm. Father Daniel Ochs will officiate. Private graveside service. Inurnment Wesley Chapel Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the National Parkinson Foundation at www.parkinson.org. The family would like to thank the staff of Trillium Place, Brookdale Hospice and Traditions at Mill Run for their compassionate care for Rachel over the past eleven years.