Michael-Fowler-Obituary

Michael Fowler

71, Wall Township, New Jersey

Age 71

About

AGE
71
LOCATION
71, Wall Township, New Jersey

Obituary

Send Flowers

Michael FowlerAGE: 71 • Wall TownshipMichael Fowler of Wall Township passed away on Christmas morning, surrounded by his loving family at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick. He was 71 years old. Michael was a Professor at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft for 45...

Read More

Guest Book

Not sure what to say?

Wonderful man loved by many and still is missed

Dear Gloria, Steve and David,
Let me add a prayer to all these inspired praises MERITED by Mike for a lifetime of love, especially for his precious family!!! BMalcolm

Although I did not know him, I would personally like to thank Mike and his family for Mike's dedicated service to NJ as a member of the Pinelands Commission. You have our condolences.

Gloria, I am so sorry for your loss. Know that I am thinking of you and praying for you. Love, Marilyn

I am deeply saddened and tearful to learn of Mike's passing. Indeed, he fought a long and courageous battle and for that, he was a winner. My relationship with Mike goes back to Asbury Park High School days when I was friends with his sister Patty. I met Mike in his house the night we girls were watching the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination on TV. Then in the early 1970's, Mike and I were colleagues at Brookdale, and he asked me to photograph his lifeguards on the beach. We had some...

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Mike was a long-time friend as not only did we spend 4 great years together at APHS but not too long after college we both joined the ranks of Brookdale Community College where we were colleagues for over 30 years. As life-long Jersey Shore residents our lives intertwined in yet another fashion as we both prized the ocean and spent many years enjoying Avon's fantastic beach where Mike Captained the Life Guards and Janet, our kids and I were frequent visitors. All those who crossed Mike's path...

Memories of Mike Fowler always make me think of that Don Henley song, 'The Boys of Summer'. That's how I'll always think of him; the quintessential 'boy of summer'.
Back in the late 1960's, when I was one of only two female lifeguards in Avon, Mike was not only my Captain and my boss, he was also one of the most meaningful role models I would ever have in my life.
Once, when I requested to compete for Avon in the Asbury Park Lifeguard Tournament ( and was turned down by the 'Powers that...

A teacher's teacher, you will be missed.