Mowry Sr.

Wilbert J. "Bill" Mowry Sr., 94, of Concordia Lutheran Care, Cabot, formerly of Crisswell Road, Butler, died at 1:14 a.m. Monday in Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born Sept. 13, 1914, in Dravosburg, he was the son of the late John O. Mowry and the late Isabelle (Hurl) Mowry.

Mr. Mowry was a member of Middlesex Presbyterian Church since 1925, serving as a Sunday school superintendent, trustee and elder.

He was a factory representative for dealers of Ferguson tractors. He was a Penn Township supervisor for 36 years and also an auditor. Mr. Mowry was the superintendent of the State Highway Department in Butler County for eight years and also the purchasing agent for Butler County. Mr. Mowry was a sales representative for Winters and Fleming Paving Co. for 20 years.

He was president of the Butler County Association of Township Officials for 16 years. Mr. Mowry served as chairman of the executive committee of the State Association of Township Supervisors.

Mr. Mowry is survived by his wife, Louise E. (Dietrich) Mowry, who he married Nov. 11, 1942; four sons, Wilbert J. "Bert" and Erma Mowry Jr. of Butler, Robert C. and Ruth Mowry of Truth of Consequences, N.M., Barry D. and Deanne Mowry of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Carl D. and Tammy Mowry of Butler; eight grandchildren, Todd Mowry and Karen Clay, Greta (Mowry) and Charles Remington, Kris (Mowry) and Robert Callen, Jennifer Mowry, Diane (Mowry) and Ray Halstead, Chad and Amy Mowry, Brandon Mowry and his fiancée Tori Snyder and Kailyn (Mowry) and Andy Manfred; 10 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Sara Claypoole of Worthington.

Mr. Mowry was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.

<B>MOWRY </B>— Friends of Wilbert J. "Bill" Mowry Sr., who died Monday, July 27, 2009, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc.</B>, 124 E. North St., Butler. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Middlesex Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Kevin M. Bowen, of Middlesex Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Butler County Memorial Park.Contributions may be made to Middlesex Presbyterian Church, 116 Church Road, Butler, PA 16002.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.