David Scott Fowler, formerly of Portville, passed away on
Monday, September 24, 2018, in Baguio City, in the Philippines. David was born
on Dec. 29, 1973 in Olean and was a son of Kenneth R. and Jaquelyn E.
Fowler. On Aug. 18, 2009, he married his
loving wife, Rachel (Backeng Pangda) Fowler, who survives.
David was a 1992
graduate of Portville High School. He
attended SUNY College of Technology at Alfred for 2 years, before joining the
US Army. David earned his Bachelors degree in Professional Aeronautics from
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He
served in the Army from April 24, 1996 to March 1, 2005. David attended Basic Training at Fort Rucker,
AL. David was an AH-64 Apache Attack
Helicopter Pilot and an instructor pilot.
He was deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo.
After his deployment, David served as an Attack Helicopter Instructor
Pilot at Fort Rucker, AL. He also
trained in US Military Officer Candidate School, Military Flight School,
Instructor Pilot Course for multiple aircraft, Survival Course, Electronic
Warfare Course, and he was overwater flight qualified. Following his service in the Army, he became
a Department of the Army Civilian Instructor Pilot in South Korea.
David worked for the Computer Sciences Corporation as a
Simulation Device manager in Alabama, then he worked for Boeing as a Simulation
device Instructor in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. He currently was working for Advanced
Electronics Company as an Instructor Pilot in Saudi Arabia.
David always felt
that the World was his playground and lived in The Philippines, Saudi Arabia,
the Czech Republic, Poland, France, Egypt, Jordan, China, Vietnam, the United
Arab Emirates, Germany, South Korea, Indonesia, Italy, Thailand, Cambodia,
Japan, and the United Kingdom, but he always considered Portville his home
base.
Along with his loving
wife, David is survived by; his parents, Kenneth R. and Jaquelyn E. Fowler of
Portville; a daughter, Abigail C. Fowler of Lancaster; 2 sons, Lance C. Fowler
and Michael S. Fowler both of Lancaster; 2 brothers, Mark (Trish) Fowler of
Shinglehouse, PA and Raymond (Diane) Fowler of Alta Vista, KS; and 2 sisters
Laurie (Steve) Boyer of Louisville, KY and Karen (David) VanHoutte of Clarence.
A Memorial Service
will be held at a date and time to be announced. Local arrangements are under the direction of
the Letro-McIntosh-Spink Funeral Home, Inc., 646 E. State Street, Olean. Online
condolences may be made at www.LetroMcIntoshSpinkFuneralHome.com.
