McGowen, Mable A. – 1919-2008

MCGOWEN, PANCI-MCGOWEN, PHILIPS, ELLIOTT, TAYLOR, FLEENER, SMITH

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Date: 10/5/2008 at 03:48:57

Mable A. McGowen, 88, of Newton died on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at USA Healthcare-Newton in Newton.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Newton.
The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Wednesday at the church.
Memorials to the Bonnie Ellis Ministry or to the Winsome Bible Camp – Chapel Project may be left at the church on the morning of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton.
Arrangements are being handled by the Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.
Survivors include her husband, Robert of Newton; two sons, Gerry (Phyllis) McGowen of Omaha, Neb., and Bob (Becci) McGowen of Waukee; one daughter, Linda (Tom) Panci-McGowen of Lausanne, Switzerland; her grandson, Zachary McGowen of Omaha, Neb.; and three sisters, Doris Philips of Columbus, Ohio, Virginia Elliott of Nevada and Juanita (William) Taylor of Mountain Grove, Mo.
Source: Newton(IA) Daily News; Monday, September 29, 2008

Mable A. McGowen – Nov. 13, 1919 – Sept. 27, 2008
Interment: After the lunch following the funeral service on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 at the Sugar Grove Cemetery in rural Newton.
Mable served her country in the U. S. Navy during WW II. Mabel was a graduate of Maxwell High School in Maxwell, Iowa where she was the class Valedictorian. She was also a graduate of the Chillicothe School of Business in Chillicothe, Missouri
Mabel was the administrator and librarian at the Newton Public Library for 10 years, retiring in 1976. She was a member of the Metz Community Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bryan and Matilda (Fleener) Smith.
Source: Coburn Funeral Home website