Journalist. She was well-known for her column “Hints From Heloise” from 1962 to 1977. She helped people with everyday problems to the right out bizarre. At the time the column ran, it was in over 600 newspapers worldwide.  Family links:  Parents:  Charles Louis Bowles (1899 – 1971)  Amelia Harrison Bowles (1901 – 1973)  Spouse:  Marshal Holman Cruse (1920 – 2006)*  Sibling:  Elizabeth Louise Bowles Matlock (1919 – 1981)*  Heloise Bowles Cruse (1919 – 1977) *Calculated relationship