McGowan, Stanley

Stanley "Mac" McGowan, 74, of Donnelly, passed away in a
Boise hospital on June 21, 2010. A Memorial service will be
held 3:30 pm Friday, June 25, 2010 at Cloverdale Funeral Home
in Boise. Mac was born December 6, 1935 in Lehighton,
Pennsylvania to James and Evelyn McGowan. He joined the Air
Force after graduation from high school. He served two years
in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War in Thailand and
Vietnam. He retired as Senior Master Sgt after 20 years. He
then went to work at the Idaho Transportation Department for
17 years before retiring and moving to Donnelly, Idaho in
1993. Mac married JoAnn Mann and they celebrated 52 years of
marriage in August 2009. He loved fishing, hunting, and
snowmobiling. We are left with many pleasant memories of all
the fun times we had. Mac is survived by his wife, JoAnn, two
children; Brian McGowan and wife Lesli of Boise, Kathy Brown
and husband Matt of Bozeman, MT, five granddaughters;
Madison, Caitlin and Abbigail McGowan, Shaleen and Krista
Brown and a sister; Marilee Stahler of Allentown, PA. He was
preceded in death by his parents. Memorial contributions may
be made to a charity of your choice. To share memories with
the family please visit "Mac's" memorial webpage online at
www.cloverdalefuneralhome.com.

Published in Idaho Statesman on June 24, 2010