Twila Lou Fowler of Emporia died on Monday, December 18, 2017 at the Rosewood Health Center in Independence, Missouri. She was 85.
Twila was born on June 18, 1932 in rural Osage City, Kansas the daughter of John and Gladys Bloomquist Wills. She married Raymond Fowler on April 8, 1956 in Osage City, Kansas. He died on September 26, 2009 in Topeka, Kansas.
Surviving family members include: son, Stanley (Barbara) Fowler of Emporia; daughters, Nancy (Bret) Hoover of Independence, Missouri, Carol (Tom Raymond) Fowler of Indianapolis, Indiana, Sandra (Mo Sheronick) Fowler of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; grandchildren, Kelsey (David) Floyd of Wichita, Matt (Madeline) Fowler of Emporia, Stephen Gulick, David Gulick, and Elizabeth Gulick of Independence, Missouri, Abby (Dan) Finnegan and Peter Dennis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; brother, Fred Wills of Wichita, Kansas.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and brothers Duane Wills and Arthur Wills.
Twila attended school in a one-room school house in rural Osage County. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1950 and was a “career girl” for several years as a medical transcriptionist at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Mrs. Fowler helped run Bluestem Truck Line and their Fowler family farm. After raising her children, Twila worked at Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant during the construction, and as a medical transcriptionist for both St. Mary’s and Newman Hospitals, and in retirement she enjoyed serving as a home health care provider in Emporia.
Twila volunteered extensively for the First United Methodist Church, Mary Herbert School PTA and Girl Scouts. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She and Raymond were active in Farmer’s Union and Twila was a precinct committee woman for the Kansas Democratic Party.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 22, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church, Emporia. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Following the service burial will be at Fowler Cemetery east of Emporia. Memorial contributions to the Emporia Public Library or Girls Scouts of Kansas Heartland – Emporia Area in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Twila Lou Fowler, please visit our flower store.
Twila was born on June 18, 1932 in rural Osage City, Kansas the daughter of John and Gladys Bloomquist Wills. She married Raymond Fowler on April 8, 1956 in Osage City, Kansas. He died on September 26, 2009 in Topeka, Kansas.
Surviving family members include: son, Stanley (Barbara) Fowler of Emporia; daughters, Nancy (Bret) Hoover of Independence, Missouri, Carol (Tom Raymond) Fowler of Indianapolis, Indiana, Sandra (Mo Sheronick) Fowler of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; grandchildren, Kelsey (David) Floyd of Wichita, Matt (Madeline) Fowler of Emporia, Stephen Gulick, David Gulick, and Elizabeth Gulick of Independence, Missouri, Abby (Dan) Finnegan and Peter Dennis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; brother, Fred Wills of Wichita, Kansas.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and brothers Duane Wills and Arthur Wills.
Twila attended school in a one-room school house in rural Osage County. She graduated from Osage City High School in 1950 and was a “career girl” for several years as a medical transcriptionist at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka. Mrs. Fowler helped run Bluestem Truck Line and their Fowler family farm. After raising her children, Twila worked at Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant during the construction, and as a medical transcriptionist for both St. Mary’s and Newman Hospitals, and in retirement she enjoyed serving as a home health care provider in Emporia.
Twila volunteered extensively for the First United Methodist Church, Mary Herbert School PTA and Girl Scouts. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She and Raymond were active in Farmer’s Union and Twila was a precinct committee woman for the Kansas Democratic Party.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 22, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church, Emporia. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Following the service burial will be at Fowler Cemetery east of Emporia. Memorial contributions to the Emporia Public Library or Girls Scouts of Kansas Heartland – Emporia Area in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Twila Lou Fowler, please visit our flower store.
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