Vivian G. (Garriott) Fowler, 85, Emporia, died on January 9, 2011 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia, KS.

Vivian G. Garriott was born on May 10, 1925 in Canton, Oklahoma to Charles M. and Helen Boring Garriott. She attended Quincy school in Greenwood County and graduated from Emporia High School. She earned her bachelors and masters degrees from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Fowler taught school for 22 years. She taught at Minneapolis, Kansas, and Waterville, Kansas before completing 20 years at McCarter Elementary School in Topeka, KS.

Mrs. Fowler was a member of Fairlawn Nazarene Church in Topeka, Kansas and attended the First Church of the Nazarene in Emporia, Kansas.

She married B.L. Fowler on July 10, 1947 in Topeka, Kansas. He died on June 3, 2004 in Topeka, Kansas. She is also preceded in death by one brother Charles Q. Garriott and one sister Phyllis Miller.

Survivors include: two sisters, Juanita G. Gunkle of Emporia, and Roberta Willard of McPherson, Kansas; and a brother, Melford McGuire of Parkville, Missouri. Mrs. Fowler is also survived by nieces, Patricia Kuhlmann of Cutler Ridge, Florida; Nancy Lawson, Carly Gunkle, and Kelsey Gunkle of Emporia, Kansas; Cara Blevins of Baltimore, Maryland; and Briana Bonomo of Phoenix, Arizona; nephews, Bill Garriott of Tampa, Florida; Alan Gunkle, Eric Gunkle, Brian Lawson, Joshua Lawson, and Brendon Gunkle, of Emporia, Kansas.

Graveside services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in the Fowler Cemetery, east of Emporia. The service will be conducted by Pastor Mark Henson of the First Church of the Nazarene. Memorial contributions may be made to the Emporia First Church of the Nazarene and sent in care to the funeral home.