Walter McGowen
Jerseyville | Wednesday, November 3 2010
DATELINE: Jerseyville
NAME: Walter McGowen
AGE: 94
DIED: 7:00 a.m. Wednesday November 3, 2010 at his Home
BORN: August 6, 1916 in Jersey Couinty
PARENTS: Ed & Pearl (Russell) McGowen (BOTH DECEASED)
MARRIED: Ethel R Boomer Died Aug. 2002
DATE & PLACE: Sept. 27, 1978 Jerseyville
Second Marriage: Alvena (Pitchford) Whitwell
Date and Place: Aug. 25, 2006 at the Great River Road Opry in
Hillview, IL
MILITARY: None
OCCUPATION: Retired Mechanic at Sunderland Chevrolet in Jerseyville
MEMBERSHIPS: Charity Christian Center in Jerseyville
VISITATION: 4-8 p.m. Friday, November 5, 2010
At Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville
FUNERAL: 10:00 am Saturday, November 6, 2010
At Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville
OFFICATING: Rev Wilbur Cain
BURIAL: Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville
MEMORIALS: In Lieu of Flowers, Memorials may be made to the family
SURVIVORS
WIFE: Alvena McGowen of Jerseyville
SONS: Gene and Becky McGowen of Brighton; Mike McGowen of
Jerseyville; Tim McGowen of Carrollton, Step-son Randy Wagoner of
Rosewood Heights
GRANDCHILDREN: J.R. McGowen, Michelle Summar, Kelly Graham, Sarah
McGowen, Sean McGowen, Derek McGowen; 4 Step-grandchildren: and several
great-gradnchildren and step-great grandchildren
SISTER: Dorothy Timpe of Jerseyville
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents, wife, 2 sisters; Gladys Mount and
Opal Priest, 1 brother; Lawrence McGowen, 1 step-daughter Pat Rench
Alexander Funeral Home
