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Helen Louise <I>Whitfill</I> Fowler

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Helen Louise Whitfill Fowler

Birth
Alma, Ellis County, Texas, USA
Death
26 Jun 2015 (aged 95)
Burial
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Helen Louise Fowler, 95, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2015 in Las Colinas, Texas.

Helen was born on September 16, 1919 in Alma, Texas the daughter of Richard M. and Alyce P. (Whitfill) Whitfill. She was reared in Alma and was a 1937 graduate of Ennis High School. She graduated from Our Lady of Victory College in Fort Worth, Texas. She also attendedNavarro College in Corsicana, Texas, and East Texas State Teacher’s College in Commerce, Texas. She taught school in Telico, Creechville, Palmer and Saint John Catholic School in Ennis.

On August 13, 1945 she was married to Percy S. Fowler of Alma at the Immaculate Conception Church in Corsicana, Texas. After their marriage they moved to the Ennis Area. She was a member of the St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, a charter member of The Catholic Daughter’s ofAmerica, St. John Altar Society, the VFW Auxiliary and a charter member of The Golden Crusaders of Saint John.

She enjoyed being with her loving family and grandchildren, sewing, reading, caring for her flowers and playing ”Joker” with her wonderful friends from Saint John. After many years of teaching, she loved seeing her many students and exchanging smiles, and hugs which made her very happy.

She is survived by her sons; Van and his wife, Pat Fowler and Bruce and his spouse David Sacha; her daughter, Rosemary Ludwig; five grandchildren; Julie and Jeff Mraz, Michael and Christy Fowler, Joshua and Addie Ludwig, Matthew Ludwig, Lucas Ludwig; great-grandsons: Justin and Jacob Mraz; four nieces: Jan Glaspy, Linda Waldrop, Susan Slovak and Cindy Bouldin; four nephews: Donald Fowler, Charles Fowler, Richard Whitfill and Jimmy Whitfill along with several great-nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband on May 1, 1997 and an infant son, Percy S. Fowler, Jr. on November 4, 1950, a son, Richard Fowler on January 27, 2008. Her mother and father, Richard and Alyce Whitfill, a sister, Erma Lee Carnes and two brothers, Wendell and James Whitfill.

A visitation will be held on Monday, June 29, 2015 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary of Ennis with Rosary at 7 p.m.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 10 a.m. in the St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church of Ennis. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery under the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.

www.jekeevermortuary.com
Helen Louise Fowler, 95, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2015 in Las Colinas, Texas.

Helen was born on September 16, 1919 in Alma, Texas the daughter of Richard M. and Alyce P. (Whitfill) Whitfill. She was reared in Alma and was a 1937 graduate of Ennis High School. She graduated from Our Lady of Victory College in Fort Worth, Texas. She also attendedNavarro College in Corsicana, Texas, and East Texas State Teacher’s College in Commerce, Texas. She taught school in Telico, Creechville, Palmer and Saint John Catholic School in Ennis.

On August 13, 1945 she was married to Percy S. Fowler of Alma at the Immaculate Conception Church in Corsicana, Texas. After their marriage they moved to the Ennis Area. She was a member of the St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, a charter member of The Catholic Daughter’s ofAmerica, St. John Altar Society, the VFW Auxiliary and a charter member of The Golden Crusaders of Saint John.

She enjoyed being with her loving family and grandchildren, sewing, reading, caring for her flowers and playing ”Joker” with her wonderful friends from Saint John. After many years of teaching, she loved seeing her many students and exchanging smiles, and hugs which made her very happy.

She is survived by her sons; Van and his wife, Pat Fowler and Bruce and his spouse David Sacha; her daughter, Rosemary Ludwig; five grandchildren; Julie and Jeff Mraz, Michael and Christy Fowler, Joshua and Addie Ludwig, Matthew Ludwig, Lucas Ludwig; great-grandsons: Justin and Jacob Mraz; four nieces: Jan Glaspy, Linda Waldrop, Susan Slovak and Cindy Bouldin; four nephews: Donald Fowler, Charles Fowler, Richard Whitfill and Jimmy Whitfill along with several great-nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband on May 1, 1997 and an infant son, Percy S. Fowler, Jr. on November 4, 1950, a son, Richard Fowler on January 27, 2008. Her mother and father, Richard and Alyce Whitfill, a sister, Erma Lee Carnes and two brothers, Wendell and James Whitfill.

A visitation will be held on Monday, June 29, 2015 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in the J.E. Keever Mortuary of Ennis with Rosary at 7 p.m.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 10 a.m. in the St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church of Ennis. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery under the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary, Inc.

www.jekeevermortuary.com


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