Des Moines-Louisa County IA Archives Obituaries.....Fowler, William J. January 9, 1977
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Pamela Wagler pewagler@interl.net February 23, 2007, 1:26 am

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   William J. Fowler

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Dr. William J. Fowler, 87, a resident of Columbus Junction 
the past ten years and a retired Methodist minister, died at 8:30 a.m., 
Saturday, Jan. 9, 1977 at Mercy hospital in Iowa City.
   Among the churches Dr. Fowler had served were: the Burlington Asbury 
Methodist church, and the Methodist churches at Sigourney, Jefferson, Victor 
and Knoxville.
   Dr. Fowler had a B.A. from Iowa Wesleyan colledge, a Doctor of Divinity from 
Drew Seminary, Madison, N.J., and an honorary doctorate from Iowa Wesleyan.
   He was born Mar. 30, 1883, at Pella, the son of William P. and Jeanette 
Johnston Fowler.
   He was married in Burlington Sept. 9, 1908, to Myrtle Walker.
   Surviving: The wife; one son, Bill Fowler, Pino Beach, Fla.; four daughters, 
Mrs. C. A. Benz, Gaithersburg, Md., Mrs. R. C. Mayberry, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. R. 
G. Schlicher, Cedar Falls; Mrs William McGinnis, Columbus Junction; 18 
grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
   Funeral: Monday, 2 p.m., United Methodist church, Columbus Junction, Rev. 
Harold M. Olson, Columbus City cemetery.  The body is at Stacy-Lewis funeral 
home, Columbus Junction.  A memorial has been established.


Additional Comments:
I would guess that this came from either the Burlington, Iowa HawkEye or maybe 
from the Mediapolis, Iowa New Era around the 11th of Jan. in 1977.

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