We are comforted knowing that Jamie is at peace, riding free forever. She joins her mother, Stevie Capozio, her father James F. Bowman, and the many pets Jamie loved and nurtured throughout the years. She grew up in Westport, Connecticut, and resided in Wilmington, New York and Jefferson, Maryland.

From 1981 for almost 11 years, Jamison served in the U.S. Navy as an Electronics Technician E6. She was one of the first women sailors to serve on the U.S.S. McKee, a submarine tender that “was one of the first warships in the U.S. Navy to integrate female sailors.” When asked why she never told her family about this, her response was, “Well I didn’t think it was a big thing.”

Jamie was a trailblazer, but she was humble. She lived a simple life without fuss. She was stationed in many places from Florida to California, Sicily, Greece, Germany and more. Jamison retired from the Navy and applied the technical skills she learned in the service to a career with the satellite division of General Electric.

When GE was acquired by SES, a Luxembourg-based satellite telecommunications provider, Jamison continued working for them, providing training programs for their employees. She was with the company for close to 29 years, being promoted several times. Jamison continued to work in SES’s sophisticated satellite field until her recent illness. Jamison was also a partner with her mother, Stevie Capozio and her stepfather, artist Joseph Capozio, at the Capozio Gallery in Wilmington.

Jamison traveled the world but she loved being home, surrounded by her cats, dogs and horses. She was devoted to all those she considered friends and family. She helped care for her mother who Jamie always called “my best friend.” She and Stevie shared cocktails, philosophical and political conversations, and laughter for almost all their adult years together. They also shared independent, head-strong, whimsical, winning and yes, sometimes exasperating spirits.

Jamison is free from the gravity of Earth, the obstacles of illness, the frustration of being unable to ride and take care of her horse, the limitations of making plans because of an uncertain future. We imagine her galloping forever, joining Stevie and all those whom she has loved and cared for who passed before her.

Jamie called the shots on most of what she did throughout her life. She stayed on her own idyllic farm with her horse and other pets. She had many amazing friends and caregivers who made this possible.

Recently a caregiver took Jamie outside to see her 30-year-old horse Ben. This woman said, “Both Ben and she needed it. They needed to say goodbye, see you on the other side, where Jamison will be riding again, happy and free.”

Jamison leaves behind siblings, Terrie (Charlie) Albright, William (Richetta) Dubin, Alison (Gary) Follos, Michael Bowman, Jorgen Bowman, stepsister Kim (Joseph) Capozio Serino and many nieces and nephews.

Jamison’s family is thankful to the cadre of caregivers and friends, in particular, Nancy Cross and Christine Hitchcock, whose assistance enabled Jamison to live out her life on her own terms. Jamison will be missed by many other close friends and colleagues, as well as the Visiting Angels and Hospice nurses who helped her to live, and leave, as she chose.

Services were entrusted to Heidrick-Zaumetzer Funeral Home in AuSable Forks.