Nancy Jo Shifflett Fowler
Nancy Jo Shifflett Fowler
June 25, 1934 ~ Dec. 3, 2016
On June 25, 1934, God must have been having a really good day. This was the day He created the most kind, generous, compassionate, loving, fair, nonjudgmental, caring individual that many who knew her have ever seen. She was called Nancy Jo Shifflett. She was born to Alfred Shifflett and Regina Goethe Shifflett in Cypress Mill, Texas. She was the first of their three children.
Nancy grew up on the Shifflett Ranch in Marble Falls, Texas and loved her childhood in the Hill Country. She loved riding horses, raising livestock for showing, and being the big sister to Gina and Tommy. Her first real job as a teenager was working for Dr. Milton Shepherd where she decided that she wanted to be a nurse. This led her to TCU and Tarelton State University and a few years later, she was a registered nurse. She landed a job in Little Rock Arkansas, where she met her future husband, Will D.(Wild Bill) Fowler of New Orleans, Louisiana. The country girl and the flashy city boy hit off right away. They were married in Marble Falls on May 25, 1957. She gave birth to four children whom they raised in Alexandria, Louisiana where Bill worked as a Pharmaceutical Salesman and Nancy, embarked on a nearly 40 year career in nursing.
Nursing was the perfect profession for Miss Nancy as she was the ultimate caregiver, always putting everyone else's comfort and well-being ahead of her own. She was beloved by patients, employees and most everyone with whom she came in contact with. If any of her children, family, or friends were sick, or in a difficult spot in any way, it was always Nancy who was there to care for them and provide comfort. Even total strangers felt her loving, caring ways. You could sense her kindness like a warm loving light. People standing in line with her at the grocery store could somehow become friends in the time it took to ring in the canned goods. If a stranger sat next to her on an airplane, they often connected like lifelong acquaintances sharing fears, hopes and dreams over a two hour flight. Nancy was a walking embodiment of the good in us all. She was compassionate beyond compare. She befriended people from all walks of life regardless of age, appearance, race, life status, lifestyle, background or any other factors. She taught us all through example, not through lecturing, how we should treat one another. Whether we knew her as Nancy, Miss Nancy, Momo, or Mom, we knew how special she was and always will be.
Nancy retired to Marble Falls in 1997, not surprisingly to care for her aging mother. In retirement, her house on Sunset Drive in Marble Falls, provided a warm welcoming oasis for family and friends and a view of the land she grew up on and loved so much. In later years, when Nancy needed care and love when health issues and time took their toll, it was only fitting that she had plenty of loved ones ready to return the love to her. Leading the wa was her daughter, Kym who lived with her part-time and made sure she had a fun and adventurous last few years often traveling, seeing plays and movies, fine dining and generally having fun.
She leaves behind not survivors, but benefactors of her compassion and love including children, Kym Fowler of Austin, Texas, Teri Hawsey (Ernie), of Logansport; Will D. Fowler III,(Deedy) of Alexandria, Louisiana, and Robert Fowler (Kari) of Grand Junction, Colorado; her brother, Tommy Shifflett, and sister Gina Ronhaar (Paul), all of Marble Falls; seven grandchildren including Chris Bordelon, Zac Bryner, Davis Fowler, Nathan Bryner, Jared Fowler, Ashlee Blunt (Raynard), and Lauren Fowler, and one great grandson, August Blunt. Special nephews are Ron Ronhaar (Jennifer, Lacy and Zac) and Thomas Shifflett. Special friends include Norma Mercado, Jean Morris, Kizzy Green and family and the whole Real New Orleans/Smoking for Jesus crew that became her extended family.
Awaiting her arrival on the other side are her parents, Alfred and Regina Shifflett, her husband, Bill Fowler, and her very special grandson, Brandon Meadows.
Funeral service was scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. at Clements Wilcox Funeral Home in Marble Falls, Texas.
Online condolences may be made at: www.clementswilcoxfuneralhome.com.
