John Thomas Bowers, Jr. MD, of Duxbury and Scituate, formerly of West Roxbury, a greater Boston pediatrician, died at South Shore Hospital on June 5 following an acute illness. 

After graduating from Harvard College and Boston University Medical School he took his residency at the Boston City Hospital and served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the Korean War.  He founded Roslindale Pediatrics in 1952 where he worked for 37 years until his retirement.  He was on the staff of the Boston Floating, St. Margaret’s, Carney and Faulkner Hospitals.  He served as chief of pediatrics at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital.  He was a member of the Scituate Harbor Yacht Club, Scituate Country Club and Foxfire Country Club of Naples, Fla.  He was past president of the Boston Floating Hospital Alumni Association and the Irish-American Club of Naples, Fla.

Dr. Bowers was preceeded in death by his two brothers, William G. Bowers of Needham and Bernard G. Bowers of Green Harbor.  He  leaves his wife, Pauline A. (Markey) Bowers; his children,  John T. Bowers, III, MD of Norfolk Va., Paul M. Bowers of Scituate, Kathryn E. Bowers, MD of Concord, Patricia E. Bowers of West Bridgewater, Julie Bowers Canniff, RN of Roslindale, and the late Susan Bowers; eight grandchildren; one great grandson; and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Holy Family Church.  Please send donations to Little Sisters of the Poor, 186 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143-1595, littlesistersofthepoorgrboston.org or to the American Red Cross 276 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116, or bostonredcross.org.