Carolyn Mowrey

Carolyn (Carol) Mowrey, age 69, went to be with our Lord on His day, Sunday, August 20th, 2017 after a 2 ½ year battle with ovarian cancer. Carol was born in Somerville, NJ, the daughter of Howard David and Carolyn Elsie Brammann.Carol grew up in Raritan, NJ where she attended the Third Dutch Reformed Church and Bridgewater Township Public Schools, and graduated from Bridgewater-Raritan High School in 1965. She went on to further her education graduating in 1968 from the Practical Nursing Program at the Somerset County Vocational-Technical School. She successfully passed the New Jersey Nursing Boards testing and became a Licensed Practical Nurse. As a young girl she enjoyed being out in the yard and helping with yardwork and shoveling snow in the winters. She loved animals as a young child and had many unique pets, a rooster named Elvis and a lamb named Bell Baby. She loved the Lord and spending time with her family and friends. She was always willing and ready to help those in need and was a faithful blood donor over the years. Carol met the love of her life, Ronald Mowrey while she was still attending nursing school. They married in June 1968 and moved to a small apartment in Belvidere, NJ where they started a family. Over a period of 4 years Carol was graced with two daughters. Once they were both in elementary school she began her medical career working part time for a Podiatrist in Easton, PA and later for a large Pediatric Group in Succasunna, NJ. Carol and Ron moved to Ocala in 2002, where she became employed as a nurse at Ocala Surgical Associates. She retired from there in 2010.Carol loved nursing and helping others. She thoroughly enjoyed gardening, hiking, motorcycling , and travelling which eventually led to RV camping. She loved Florida because the sun shines here virtually every day. She absolutely loved the beach.Carol is survived by her mother, Carolyn Elsie Taylor, her husband, Ronald Mowrey, her daughter Krista and her husband Jim Rodger, and her daughter Cheryl and her husband, Matt Byrne, and two (2) Grandchildren, Blake (13) and Brooke (10).Her Memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 2nd, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Roberts Funeral Home, 606 W. 2nd Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in her name can be sent to the American Cancer Society: https://donate3.cancer.org/?campaign=CY16MemPage&giftType=memOnline condolences can be posted for the family. http://robertsfuneralhomes.com/runtime.php?SiteId=287117&NavigatorId=1368911

Carolyn Mowrey

November 22, 1947 - August 20, 2017