Mary O. Fowles, 95 of Clay Center, Kansas died Sunday, December 22, 2024 at the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor.  She was born on November 10, 1929 in Clay Center, the daughter of Ray and Lavina (Finlay) Milligan.  She attended the Hebron School and graduated from CCHS in 1947 and worked for Gamble’s in Clay Center.

She married Cecil Fowles on August 29, 1950 and the couple farmed in Clay County.  Cecil preceded her in death on October 13, 1978.  Mary continued to live on the farm and worked Pfeifley Jewelers and Central Office Service and Supply until her retirement.  She moved into Clay Center in the Mid 1990’s.  Mary was a member of the Hebron Reformed Presbyterian Church and E.H.U.  She was also preceded in death by her parents, granddaughter, Megan and brother, Roland Milligan.

Mary is survived by her sons, Merlin and his wife, Natalie Fowles and Gale and his wife, Emily Fowles, both of Clay Center, Kansas; daughters, Sonda and her husband, Eugene Copeland of St. George, Kansas, Jan Rogers of Panama City, Florida and Sharon and her husband, Joseph Bullock of Atchison, Kansas; 13 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; brothers, Harold and his wife Margaret Milligan and Norman and his wife, Gwen Milligan, both of Clay Center, Kansas and sister in-law, Wanda Milligan of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 10:30AM at the Neill-Schwensen-Rook Funeral Home in Clay Center, Kansas. 

Visitation will be held on Friday, December 27, 2024 from 4-7PM at the Neill-Schwensen-Rook Funeral Home in Clay Center, Kansas.

Interment will be in the Uniondale Cemetery in Clay County, Kansas.

Memorials may be made to the Hebron Reformed Presbyterian Church and can be sent in care of the funeral home.