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Elta Fowler

September 14, 1909 — November 17, 2003

Elta Rickly Fowler, former teacher at North College Hill City Schools, died Monday, November 17, 2003 after a brief illness. The longtime Greenhills resident was 94.

Mrs. Fowler was born September 14, 1909, in Reynoldsburg, Ohio to Edna Rugg Rickly and Edward H. Rickly. She graduated from Reynoldsburg High School and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1931. She earned a State Life High School Teaching Certificate in 1935 and a Permanent Elementary Teaching Certificate in 1964.

Beginning in 1931, Mrs. Fowler taught in several high schools in Central Ohio before moving to Cincinnati in 1951. Here she taught in the Colerain Schools and Cincinnati City Schools before teaching kindergarten in North College Hill Schools. After retiring from North College Hill Schools in 1967, she was a tutor for the Greenhills-Forest Park City Schools. During her long teaching career, Mrs. Fowler had taught every grade, kindergarten through freshman in college.

Mrs. Fowler had a lifelong love for the theater. While teaching high school, she coached more than a dozen successful plays. During college, she successfully auditioned for membership in the National Storytellers League. She was also a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by a daughter, Ann Onley, and dear cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Victor Fowler, former assistant superintendent of Greenhills-Forest Park City Schools, and a grandson, Raymond V. Onley.

A memorial service will be held December 13th , at 12 Noon, at the Hamilton Vineyard Church. Burial will be December 15th, at 10:30 AM, at Glen Rest Cemetery in Reynoldsburg.

Memorial donations may be made to the Hamilton Vineyard Church, Vine Committee, 1701 Princeton Rd., Hamilton, OH 45011.

Funeral Home:
Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding
3805 Roosevelt Blvd.
Middletown, OH
US 45044

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