- Date Of Birth: December 3, 1943
- Date Of Death: September 7, 2017
- State: Illinois
Jerry Dale McGowan, 73, of Peoria, passed away on Thursday, September 7th, 2017, at 7:30a.m., at the OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home.
He was born on December 3rd, 1943, in McLeansboro, Illinois, to Dale William McGowan and Ellen Marie Todd McGowan. He later married Lindsay Moore Anderson in Peoria on May 21st, 1976. She survives. They met while doing cruelty and neglect investigations for the Peoria Humane Society.
Also surviving are his two children, Brennan Anderson (Mark) Rapach of Dunlap, IL, Morgan Sprenger (Angie) McGowan of Brimfield, IL; brother, Rick (Barbara) McGowan of Canton, IL; and 4 grandchildren (Luke R., Adam R., Brittany McG., and Hailey McG.).
He served in the Army during the Vietnam War, where he was honorably discharged at the age of 24.
