GOWEY, Bruce Eugene 1926 - 2006

GOWEY, BAGBY, MAYER, SMITH, HANEY

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 6/8/2007 at 20:24:36

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Thursday, March 23, 2006

Bruce Eugene GOWEY

Bruce Eugene GOWEY, 79, of Fairfield, died at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.

A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, with the Rev. Dave Rogula officiating.

Open visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.

Memorials to the Parkview Special Care Unit may be mailed to 2778 180th St., Fairfield 52556. Online condolences may be sent via www.behnerfh.com .

Mr. GOWEY was born Nov. 22, 1926, in Richland, the son of Merrill and Anna GOWEY. He married Doris BAGBY Oct. 25, 1953, at Christian Parsonage in Fairfield.

Mr. GOWEY graduated from Pleasant Plain High School. He and his wife lived around Pleasant Plain and Fairfield while married. He was an area farmer, carpenter and truck driver, and he worked at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant.

Mr. GOWEY was a lifetime member of Pleasant Plain Friends Church.

He was a veteran of the Korean War (sic - Korean Conflict) and a member of the Fairfield VFW Post 2271.

Survivors include his wife; one sister, Marie MAYER of Alabama; three daughters, Shirley SMITH and husband Dennis, Colleen SMITH and husband Harold, all of Fairfield, and Deb HANEY and husband Dean of Libertyville; six grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Herman.

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Admin. note: Buried in Lot 4th.124.