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Grant L Fowles - 3/22/2005

Class of 1941

Grant L. Fowles Grant L Fowles, 82, of Pleasant Grove passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2005 of causes incident to age and Parkinson's Disease. He was born April 20, 1922 in Fairview, Utah to Charles Merrill and Ruby Naomi Peterson Fowles. He married Virginia Elizabeth Haslam on January 27, 1946 in Pleasant Grove. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Grant grew up in Fairview and Colton and later attended school in Pleasant Grove. He served in the Army Air Corp and the Army Corp of Engineers during WWII. Grant served in the European Theater and fought at Utah Beach during the Normandy invasion and later in the Battle of the Bulge. Grant returned home and worked at Geneva Steel for a short time and then for Pleasant Grove City for over 35 years as Street Superintendent and Cemetery Sexton. His greatest love was the out-of-doors having grown up in the logging business with his dad and passed this passion to his sons and grandsons. Grant was still climbing and topping trees at the age of 78, falling them into his 80s, and running his sawmill up until last autumn. Grant served as a Scout Master for many years and was always involved with youth baseball in the city. He loved and respected everyone. His greatest joy was his wife, children, and grandchildren. He is survived by his wife Virginia of Pleasant Grove; six children: Ruby (Garth) Fielding, Pleasant Grove; Charles (Sharla) Fowles, Pleasant Grove; Eugene (Maria) Fowles, Lindon; Stephen (Ellen) Fowles, Price; Carol Lyn (David, deceased) Gifford, Pleasant Grove; and Odell (Evelyn) Fowles, Pleasant Grove; 21 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; brother, Rex (Joan) Fowles, Casper, WY. His granddaughter, Melissa, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 25, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Timpanogos Stake Center, 800 North 100 West, Pleasant Grove. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove and at the church on Friday one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery with military rites conducted by American Legion Post 72. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.olpinfamilymortuary.com. Grant has planned his last reunion, it will not be at the deer camp, ball diamond, on a 50 miler, at the sawmill, at the cabin or in the mountains. "See ya when ya get there!

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