Susan Avonne McGowan

February 19, 2020

Susan Avonne McGowan, 71 of Clever, Missouri, died February 16, 2020 at her home in rural Clever.

The daughter of Irving Kenneth and Virginia Adele Cummins Geisendorfer was born on July 25, 1948 at Carrollton, Missouri.

She was united in marriage to Kim Patrick McGowan on May 19, 1992 at Waynesville, Missouri.

Susan taught elementary school and received her Bachelor’s Degree Summa Cum Laude from Quincy University at Quincy, Illinois and then received her Master’s Degree at Fox University at Newberg, Oregon.

She is survived by her husband, Kim McGowan; son, Joshua John Robert Foster; two sisters, Adele Reese and Patricia Sharp; four brothers, Carl Geisendorfer, Henry Geisendorfer, Arthur Geisendorfer and David Geisendorfer; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Charles Edward Geisendorfer and a nephew, Wesley Mart Reese.

Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 22, 2020 at the Point Pleasant Cemetery at Long Creek, Illinois with Rev. Brenda Nevitt officiating.

Visitation will be held Thursday evening, Feb. 20, 2020 from 5 until 8 p.m.at Arnold’s Funeral Home in Lewistown, Missouri.

Memorials may be made to Wycliffe Bible Translators.

Online condolences may be left at www.arnoldsfuneralhome.net