Eugene
Bowser, the last Pullman Porter in Chicago, was laid to rest Nov. 26.
One of
the original Pullman Porters, Bowser was born Jan. 4, 1915 and died Nov. 17. He
was 96.
Bowser
grew up on 47th and Evans Ave. and graduated from Englewood High School. He was
hired as a club car attendant at age 24 and served as one of the more than
20,000 Black men who served on the Pullman Palace cars in the early 20th
century.
He spent
more than 20 years traveling the nation as a Pullman Porter before retiring and
going into law enforcement.
