Elaine Ardell Fowles

BURLEY - Elaine Ward Fowles, age 80, of Burley, passed away Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, in River Heights, Utah.

She was born July 12, 1936, in Almo, Idaho, the daughter of Wesley Bradbury and Edna Kolb Ward. Elaine grew up on her parents’ ranch in Almo, and enjoyed spending her time outdoors riding horses and working on the ranch.

She was a 1955 graduate of Raft River High School in Malta, where she participated in cheerleading and drama. After attending Brigham Young University in Provo, and working as a secretary, she fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a stewardess for Western Airlines. On June 2, 1961, she married her high school sweetheart, Ronald M. Fowles, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They always wanted to raise their children on a farm and eventually purchased a farm in Milner, where they lived for 41 years.

Elaine worked for the Cassia County School District as a teacher’s aide for many years. Elaine was an active member of the LDS Church and served faithfully in numerous callings throughout her life. She and her husband served a full-time mission to Palmyra, New York. Since the passing of her husband six years ago, Elaine moved to Burley, and enjoyed volunteering at Cassia Memorial Hospital and Mountain View Elementary.

She is survived by three of her children, Scott M. (Tammy) Fowles of Pahrump, Nev., Peggy (Kevin) Shelley of River Heights, Utah, and Becky (Judd) Taylor of Layton, Utah; nine grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; her siblings, Robert (Nancy) Ward, Patricia (Alvin Bud) Anderson, Eugene (Leanne) Ward, and Richard (Cindy) Ward; and two sisters-in-law, Joyce Ward and Venna Ward.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ronald M. Fowles; her son, Russell Ronald Fowles; and two brothers, Roscoe Ward and Ronald Ward.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Burley West LDS Stake Center, 2420 Parke Ave., in Burley, with Bishop M. Terry Jeppson officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery.

Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from1 until 1:45 p.m. Saturday, preceding the service at the stake center.