In Memory

Calvin Franklin Gowen - Class Of 1964

Pastor Calvin F. “Cal” Gowen, 72 of Bloomington passed away at 4:52 PM on Wednesday December 19, 2018, at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.

There will be a funeral service for Cal on Saturday December 22, 2018, at 11 AM at Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home in Bloomington. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the Memorial Home. Dr. Clark Killingsworth will officiate. Interment will be at East Lawn Memorial Gardens in Bloomington.
Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home in Bloomington is handling arrangements.

Cal was born May 10, 1946, in Charlottesville, VA to Thomas and Myrtle Carver Gowen.

He married Sandra Spade on April 5, 1968 in Middletown, Maryland. She survives. He is also survived by his daughter Melissa Magon of Bloomington, one granddaughter Chelsea Osborne and three honorary grandchildren, Mateo, Steel and Colton Zeller.

Cal was preceded in death by his son Scott Gowen in 1999.

He graduated from Albermarle High School in Charlottesville and was in the Army reserves for six years. He retired from State Farm Insurance Company in 2005 after more than forty years of service last working as a Staff Assistant. He was a member of College Avenue Baptist Church in Normal. Cal was licensed in the Ministry on August 8, 1993, and ordained on December 14, 1997. He loved to preach. His last pastorate was at the First Baptist Church in Towanda. Cal loved his family.

Memorial contributions may be made to College Avenue Baptist Church.

Submitted by Sheila Trunzo.