Klara Bowman

Robin Einerson and Tom Bowman want the world to know there was more to their daughter than her lowest moment. Their daughter Klara Bowman, a teacher at Tacoma's Larchmont Elementary School committed suicide three months after being fired for being intoxicated.

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Sat., Oct. 15, 2016

Robin Einerson and Tom Bowman at their home in Spokane. Their daughter Klara Bowman, a teacher at Tacoma’s Larchmont Elementary School, committed suicide three months after being fired for being intoxicated at work. Robin and Tom want the world to know there was more to their daughter than her lowest moment.

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A picture of Klara Bowman at the home of her parents, Robin Einerson and Tom Bowman, in Spokane. Klara struggled each year on the anniversary of the death of her younger sister, Brita, who died of cancer at age 10 in January 1998.

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Robin Einerson and Tom Bowman are surrounded by pictures and paintings by their daughter Klara Bowman at their home in Spokane.

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This picture of Klara, left and Brita Bowman is on the wall at the home of their parents, Robin Einerson and Tom Bowman, in Spokane. Klara Bowman took her own life three months after she was fired for being intoxicated on the job as an elementary school teacher in Tacoma. It was the culmination of a long struggle with alcohol that seemed to be rooted in the death of her younger sister, Brita.

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Robin Einerson and Tom Bowman’s home in Spokane is filled with paintings by their daughter Klara Bowman. The middle painting is the last piece that Klara worked on.

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