Neta F. Fowler

Neta Fowler MORNING SUN, Iowa #45;- Neta Fowler, 52, Morning Sun, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, at Mercy Medical Center, Centerville. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at the United Methodist Church, Winfield. The Rev. Greg Carr will officiate. Casket bearers are John Klos, Josh Van Winkle, Travis Hartley, Kevin Jacobs, Joe Grelk and J. R. Hewitt. Burial will be at the Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation is 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home, Columbus Junction. A memorial has been established at the funeral home for the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Fowler was born on March 23, 1952, in Washington, the daughter of Francis and Neomia Hole Butterbaugh. She married Burton Gipple on July 3, 1970. He preceded her in death in June 1990. She later married Kevin L. Fowler on Oct. 17, 1992, in Winfield. She was a homemaker and farmer's wife. She worked as a nurse's aide at Sunrise Terrace Nursing Home, Winfield, and she worked for Metromail, Mount Pleasant. She enjoyed traveling and going out to different restaurants to eat. She also liked caring for her cats, growing flowers and spending time with her family, especially her grand...[more]

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ldren. Survivors include her husband, Kevin of Morning Sun; three sons, Bret Gipple and wife, Dana, of Clarksville, Tenn., Jeff Gipple and wife, Missy, of Columbus Junction and Kevin Gipple of Wayland; eight grandchildren; a brother, Rodney Butterbaugh of Wellman; four sisters, Judy Pfeiffer and husband, Bill, of New London, Trudy Workman and husband, Clarence, of Bonaparte, Pam Canott of Washington and Monica Babcock and husband, Tom, of Solon; and a sister-in-law, Reene Gott and husband, Bob, of New London. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Burton; a brother, Richard; and a brother, Cary in infancy.