Melvin Max Stowers

1968 - 2016

Melvin Max Stowers, age 47, of Rensselaer died at his home on June 4, 2016. Mel was born in Brook, Indiana on Sept. 19, 1968, the son of Manly Stowers and Charlotte Joy (Sell) Stowers.
Mel was a lifetime resident of Rensselaer where he graduated with the Class of 1987 from Rensselaer Central High School. He attended Butler University in Indianapolis, graduating in 1990 with a degree in Music Education. He had a love of music and was involved as an educator of music from 1991 until 2013. He was most recently the Band Director at Rensselaer Central High School from 2006 until the spring of 2013.
Mel was a member of the Brushwood United Methodist Church in Rensselaer where he was a member of the Worship Team. He was deeply involved in the Newton/Jasper Community Band where he had assisted with conducting of the band. He enjoyed the Drum & Bugle Corps, helped with the Rensselaer Central High School Softball team, loved to garden, passionately supported the Chicago Cubs fan and Butler University Athletics.
Surviving are his loving family, father, Manly Stowers of Rensselaer; sister, Karen (Wayne) Williams of Morocco, Indiana, brother; David Stowers of Fishers, Indiana; and niece and nephews, Kristen Williams of Greenwood, Indiana, and Nick Williams and Ryan Williams, both of Morocco, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his mother Joy Stowers who died Sept. 6, 2013.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 7 from 1 - 7 p.m. at the Jackson Funeral Chapel of Rensselaer. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 8 at 10:30 a.m. at the Jackson Funeral Chapel of Rensselaer with Rev. Hyesook Kim officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Rensselaer. Memorials are suggested to the Stowers Family Memorial Scholarship fund through the Jasper Foundation.
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