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Valton Lee Fowler
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July 16, 1919 - January 17, 2010
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 Lee bid farewell to his family on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 at the Veterans Home in Yountville, Ca.
He lived the active life, working on the family farm in Oklahoma and later with the CCC building roads in the South West during the new deal era. During WWII he joined the Marines so he could serve the country he loved and respected, later traveling as a merchant marine. In 1948 he married Lois Irene Jones and together they had seven children. In 1960 the Fowler family moved from Palmdale, Ca. to Willow, Ak. where Lee spent his summers working as a union carpenter helping to build life on the Aleutian Chain and in the villages of the interior. When the 1964 earthquake hit Anchorage he was there to help rebuild it. In 1969 the family moved to Eagle River, Ak. and he joined the VFW Post 9785 and became its Commander. He was also active in the Lions Club of Alaska. After retiring from the State of Alaska Local 71, he and Lois took a trip on the Love Boat to Mexico and they traveled the USA extensively. Later in life he made the pilgrimage to Israel to be baptized in the Jordan River. Lee was a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma through his grandmother, original enrollee, Ida K. Stewart.
Lee's children were present to help him cross over to be with his heavenly father. Lee was preceeded in death by his wife, Lois, a daughter, Patricia Ann and a son, Charles Malcom (Sonny). He is survived by his five children Dwayne, Alan and Robert Fowler of Alaska, Betsy Starner of Utah, Cherri Vitali of California, his eight grandchildren, Kim and Robin Fowler, Becky Sitter, Chris Starner, Ken Vitali, Jason, Megan and Kevin Fowler, and his 14 great-grandchildren, Sophie, Treavor, Kyler, Arianna, Elizabeth, Taylor, Jordon, Rain, Zaine Baily, Dylan, MariJayne, Cristian, Max and Eva.
Our father, grandfather and great-grandfather will be missed but we wish him well on this, his final trip.
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Services provided by: Family
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