LaRane G. Bowler, age 78, of Reedsport passed away Wednesday. She was born in Bountiful, Utah to Arthor DeVan and Nellie LaPreal (Green) Burningham.

LaRane married Richard Bowler, Sr., in Reno in 1949. They lived in the Bay area for a time before coming to Sweet Home in the late 1960s. They eventually moved to Reedsport in the late 1980s to retire.

LaRane bowled in her younger years. She loved to crochet, and she always shared what she made with her family. She loved her family very much.

She is survived by her husband, Richard Bowler, Sr.; children, Carol Elizabeth Bell, Richard Bowler Jr., Norman and Arthur Bowler; siblings, Louise Grant, Noel Burningham, and RaEtta Boughner; twelve grandchildren; and ten great grandchildren.

Viewings will be held 9:00 a.m., to noon on Friday, September 12, and Saturday, September 13, at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 13, at the Sweet Home Mennonite Church. Final burial will be at Gilliland Cemetery.

Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services.