Charlotte M. Terpstra Fowler, 99, of Lancaster died Sunday morning July 12th, at Aftercare Lanfair in Lancaster. She went home to be with her Heavenly Father following a number of years of failing health.
She was born August 4, 1920 in Ocheyedan, Iowa to the late Richard and Jessie Post Terpstra, she was a person of great faith.
Retired from General Motors in Columbus, in her leisure time she became very proficient in porcelain painting. She was a down home kind of person and, even though she spent a portion of her life in the city, was most comfortable living on the family farm commenting her happiest times there were the Sunday evening family gatherings. She, along with her daughter and son-in-law, were longtime attendees of Faith Memorial in Lancaster.
Charlotte had a very congenial personality and was someone who always shared her time helping others especially giving to charitable organizations that supported and cared for children. After retirement she spent many wonderful and enjoyable years in retirement in Florida with her second husband.
Charlotte is survived by her two children and their spouses; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and 19 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Eunice Stockwell and a brother, Walter (Linda) Terpstra; and many nieces and nephews.
Private family services will be held on Thursday at the Ingram Funeral Home, 975 N Maple St., Marysville. Burial will be held at the Broadway Cemetery.
She was born August 4, 1920 in Ocheyedan, Iowa to the late Richard and Jessie Post Terpstra, she was a person of great faith.
Retired from General Motors in Columbus, in her leisure time she became very proficient in porcelain painting. She was a down home kind of person and, even though she spent a portion of her life in the city, was most comfortable living on the family farm commenting her happiest times there were the Sunday evening family gatherings. She, along with her daughter and son-in-law, were longtime attendees of Faith Memorial in Lancaster.
Charlotte had a very congenial personality and was someone who always shared her time helping others especially giving to charitable organizations that supported and cared for children. After retirement she spent many wonderful and enjoyable years in retirement in Florida with her second husband.
Charlotte is survived by her two children and their spouses; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and 19 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Eunice Stockwell and a brother, Walter (Linda) Terpstra; and many nieces and nephews.
Private family services will be held on Thursday at the Ingram Funeral Home, 975 N Maple St., Marysville. Burial will be held at the Broadway Cemetery.
Charlotte M. Terpstra Fowler, 99, of Lancaster died Sunday morning July 12th, at Aftercare Lanfair in Lancaster. She went home to be with her Heavenly Father following a number of years of failing health.
She was born August 4, 1920 in Ocheyedan, Iowa to the late Richard and Jessie Post Terpstra, she was a person of great faith.
Retired from General Motors in Columbus, in her leisure time she became very proficient in porcelain painting. She was a down home kind of person and, even though she spent a portion of her life in the city, was most comfortable living on the family farm commenting her happiest times there were the Sunday evening family gatherings. She, along with her daughter and son-in-law, were longtime attendees of Faith Memorial in Lancaster.
Charlotte had a very congenial personality and was someone who always shared her time helping others especially giving to charitable organizations that supported and cared for children. After retirement she spent many wonderful and enjoyable years in retirement in Florida with her second husband.
Charlotte is survived by her two children and their spouses; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and 19 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Eunice Stockwell and a brother, Walter (Linda) Terpstra; and many nieces and nephews.
Private family services will be held on Thursday at the Ingram Funeral Home, 975 N Maple St., Marysville. Burial will be held at the Broadway Cemetery.
She was born August 4, 1920 in Ocheyedan, Iowa to the late Richard and Jessie Post Terpstra, she was a person of great faith.
Retired from General Motors in Columbus, in her leisure time she became very proficient in porcelain painting. She was a down home kind of person and, even though she spent a portion of her life in the city, was most comfortable living on the family farm commenting her happiest times there were the Sunday evening family gatherings. She, along with her daughter and son-in-law, were longtime attendees of Faith Memorial in Lancaster.
Charlotte had a very congenial personality and was someone who always shared her time helping others especially giving to charitable organizations that supported and cared for children. After retirement she spent many wonderful and enjoyable years in retirement in Florida with her second husband.
Charlotte is survived by her two children and their spouses; 10 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and 19 great-great grandchildren; a sister, Eunice Stockwell and a brother, Walter (Linda) Terpstra; and many nieces and nephews.
Private family services will be held on Thursday at the Ingram Funeral Home, 975 N Maple St., Marysville. Burial will be held at the Broadway Cemetery.
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