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Willa L. Fowler, 71, of Gallatin passed away Jan. 21, 2017 at NorthCare Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 at McWilliams Funeral Home in Gallatin. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Friends may call after 11 a.m. on Friday. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
Willa was born Feb. 24, 1945 the daughter of Charlie and Goldie (Snopak) Prickett in Atchison, Kan. She was a 1962 graduate of Mount Saint Scholastica in Atchison and attended the St. Joseph Business College for one year. Willa was united in marriage to Larry Fowler in April 1964. She began her working career in Kansas City at BMA and later at the BC Christopher Securities Co. where she was a bookkeeper for several years. In 1976 the Fowler family moved to Daviess County and Willa was a stay at home mom and worked the family hog farm. She later went back to the work force and was employed at Indian Hills Nursing Home in Cameron, the Gallatin Cap Factory and the Hamilton Shoe Factory. She later took a job with the Missouri Department of Family Services, where she dedicated 21 years of faithful service, retiring in 2005 as a caseworker.
Willa was a member of the First Baptist Church in Gallatin and enjoyed the fellowship she shared with her church family. Her hobbies included fishing, mushroom hunting, and coon hunting (she loved the outdoors), knitting, crocheting and playing games on her computer. Her family was her pride and joy and she delighted in spending time with them. She was an amazing mother, grandmother and friend whose warm smile, gentle and caring personality will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her.
Willa was preceded in death by her father; brothers, James and John Shockey; and sister, Sandy Chronister.
Willa is survived by her sons, David Fowler and wife Robin of KC, Mo., Stephen Fowler of Lenexa, Kan.; daughter, Pam Resz and husband David of KC, Mo.; mother, Goldie Smyth of Pampa, Tex.; sisters, Louise Poppelwell and husband Ron of Groom, Tex., Diane Craine and husband Bill of Waldron, Mo.; 2 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
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