Betty Morten Fowler, 88, widow of The Reverend Edgar Allan Fowler, Jr., died Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Born in Equality, IL she was the first born of nine children to Ervin Abner Morten and Alma Edith Mitchell Morten. The family moved to Glasgow, Montana. It was in Great Falls, Montana while in nursing school, that Mrs. Fowler met and married her beloved "Ed," an Atlanta boy stationed there. Her training was interrupted at that time, but was begun again some years later. She finished that training at Lander College in 1968, and retired as a registered nurse, a profession to which she was truly dedicated. After retirement, she became a devoted member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Patricia Yvonne "Patty" Fowler; siblings, Maxine Morten Felling (Robert), John Morten, Delores Morten, Sharon Morten, and Linda Morten Rote (Jeff); as well as many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, James Morten; and sisters, Mary Morten Crenshaw and Carolyn Morten Lentini.

A service for Mrs. Fowler will be held 11 o'clock, Saturday, October 13th, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, with Bishop Herman Yoos and The Rev. John Stoudemayer officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10 o'clock. A private burial will precede at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, is assisting the family.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to The Fowler Scholarship Fund-Windsor United Methodist Church, 9500 Windsor Lake Blvd., Columbia, SC 29223 or to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 3909 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204.