On the 21st December it was announced that former West Midlands Metropolitan County Councillor and former Mayor of the City of Wolverhampton had peacefully Passed.
Trudy was a member of the Labour Party, and I had known her since the 1970’s, she had previously lived in Wednesfield North for a short period. Trudy was a teacher by profession. She was elected onto the former West Midlands Metropolitan County Council in 1981. Where she played a big role in the West Midlands Fire Service. After the abolition of the West Midlands County Council – Trudy was elected onto what became the Wolverhampton City Council she served in total 27 years in Local Government
Trudy Bowen ceased to be a Member of the City of Wolverhampton Council in May 2008 after 27 years’distinguished service. During this time she served on many Council bodies but is recorded in the City Council minutes as ” a particular stalwart of the Education and Highways and Transportation Committees; Trudy was Chair of the former between 1987 and 1991 and the latter between 1995 and 1997.
Notably, Trudy was Mayor of Wolverhampton in 2007/08, having served as Deputy
Mayor in 2006/7. All the Political Groups on the City Council proposed that the title of Honorary Alderman be bestowed on Trudy . Trudy became an Honorary Alderman in July 2009. The City Council recognised her considerable endeavours and her selfless support for the Bilston people and citizens she so ably represented over all those years as an elected member.
