Evelyn Alice Fowler, daughter of the late Frank Westmorlan and Althea Patillo Westmorlan, was born on September 16, 1926, in Dunklin County, Missouri, and departed this life on May 2, 2022, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 95 years.

Mrs. Fowler was a homemaker and a resident of Essex, Missouri. She was a member of the Dexter Church of Christ and she enjoyed volunteering at Thursday school and working with the preschoolers. She was dedicated to her family, good-hearted, generous, and hospitable, opening her home to many gatherings through the years.

On June 14, 1945, in Kennett, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Charles Sherman Fowler. Mr. Fowler preceded her in death on August 1, 2009.

She is survived by two sons, Mike Fowler and wife Barbara of Bloomfield, Missouri, and Rick Fowler and wife Teresa of Maryville, Tennessee; by her daughter, Jeanie Fowler Kinsey and husband Russ of Washington, Missouri; and by ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Vicky Walters; by three brothers, Bud Westmorlan, Ken Westmorlan, and Hubert Westmorlan; and by her sister, Kathleen Westmorlan Sykes.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, May 6, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

A Celebration of Life Service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, May 6, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Friends and family are invited to contribute to Evelyn’s service by sharing a memory or story to commemorate Evelyn’s life. These can be shared on the Tribute Wall of Evelyn’s obituary at mathisfuneralhomes.com or they can be personally shared during Evelyn’s service.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.