Derek J. N. McGowan Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Derek J. N. McGowan of Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, who passed away at the age of 76, on August 15, 2025. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Derek J. N. McGowan to show support.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Henry McGowan and Louisa McGowan (Broad); his brother James Henry David McGowan; and his brother-in-law Steven Alfred Bowden. He is survived by: his wife Gillie; his children, Natasha McGowan of Miltona, Reuben McGowan (Laura) of Moorhead and Susannah Miller (Aaron) of Anchorage, Alaska; his grandchildren, Ashlee Reyher (Mason) of Great Falls, Rachel Miller of Anchorage and Isaiah McGowan of Moorhead; his great grandchild Maggie Elizabeth Reyher of Great Falls, Montana; his sisters, Lesley Coppin (Paul) and Dierdre Bowden; his sister-in-law Jacqui Thwaits; and his siblings' children, Abigail Handy, Steven Warren (Jessica), Paul Warren, Claire Bowden (Neil Gates), Mathew Bowden (Malise), Robert Bowden (Kenny Parker), Nathaniel Thwaites-McGowan (Jessica) and Aaron Thwaites-McGowan (Rachael).
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