Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stowell-Carter, Norma June (Sidnam) April 15, 2016
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Ionia Sentinel Standard- Wed. April 20, 2016

NORMA JUNE SIDNAM CARTER STOWELL 1926-2016
Norma June Sidnam Carter Stowell, of Lake Odessa, went to be with her Lord and 
Savior on Friday, April 15, 2016. She was 90.

Mrs. Stowell was born April 12, 1926 in Mulliken, Michigan, to Alan and Helen 
(Malosh) Sidnam. The family resided in Grand Rapids for many years where her 
father was a police officer. In the early 1940s they moved to a farm northwest 
of lake Odessa. She graduated from lake Odessa High School in 1944.

On June 23, 1944 she married Robert Thomas (Bob) Carter. They lived on and 
worked a farm northeast of Lake Odessa where they raised five children. Mr. 
Carter preceded her in death on Sept 3, 1970  after 26 years of marriage. On 
Aug. 31, 1973 she married Perry Hollis Stowell of Woodland. They were married 40 
years and he preceded her in death on Sept. 2, 2013. 

Mrs. Stowell was also preceded in death by her parents, one infant sibling and 
one step-grandson, Greg Stowell.

Mrs. (Carter) Stowell worked alongside her husband, Bob carter, to make a 
success f their farm back in the '40s, '50s and '60s. She milked cows, raked 
hay, kept a large garden and took care of the house and their five children. In 
her "spare time" she baked and decorated wedding cakes.

Mrs. Stowell spent many years leading 4-H groups, specializing in gardening, 
sewing and other home crafts and was always on hand to chaperone school day 
trips and outings and to bake cup cakes for birthday parties. She and husband, 
Bob Carter, taught Sunday School at Central United Methodist Church in lake 
Odessa for many years.

Upon her marriage to Perry Stowell she took on the bookkeeping duties associated 
with his farm equipment sales. She also designed and was contractor for their 
new house near Woodland, Michigan where they resided until his death and her 
move to Green Acres retirement living between lake Odessa and Ionia.

Mrs. Stowell is survived by three daughters, Dianne(Wayne) Graner of Windsor, 
California, Bonnie Witt of Evart, Peggy Wilkins of Englewood, Florida; two sons, 
Thomas (Sharon) Carter of Elk River, Minnesota, and Timothy (Judith) Carter of 
Lake Odessa; two sisters, Violet (Ammon) Miller of Lake Odessa and Allyn (Bob) 
Pingle of Grandville; a brother Charles (Carol) Sidnam of Chassell; 
grandchildren, Michael (John) Fry of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Andrea Fry of Grand 
Rapids, Jason (Trisha) Wilkins of Ft. Myers, Florida, Melisa Carter ofTraverse 
City, Jeston Carter of Grand Rapids,Jenny Lynn (Aaron) Eckstein of New Ulm 
Minnesota, Tristann Jamie Carter of Bloomington, Minnesota; great-grandchildren, 
Jack Fender, Margaret Fender, Elizabeth Barnum, Dianthia (D.J.) Barnum, Aiden 
Eckstein, Ethan Eckstein, and Cole Wilkins; step-daughter Julie (Lorin) 
Oversmith; step-son Rodger Stowell; step-grandchildren Felicia Cook, Darin 
Stowell and brian (Laura) Stowell; step-great-grandchildren Amber Cook and 
Marcus Cook; many nieces, nephew, cousins, great-great-grandchildren and 
multitudes of friends beyond count.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 from 5 PM until 8 PM at Koops 
Funeral Chapel in lake Odessa. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 
20, 2016 at 11 AM at the Koops Funeral Chapel. Interment will take place at 
Lakeside Cemetery, lake Odessa, Michigan.

The family wishes to thank the staff at Green Acres retirement Living of Ionia 
for the Excellent care they provided Norma.

Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's Association of Michigan or Hospice 
of Michigan.

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