Funeral services for Edward Cowell, 68, of Perry, are will be held on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home in Perry. Burial will be in the Iowa Veteran Cemetery at Adel, IA. Memorials will be given to the family and may be left at the Carris Family Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent at carrisfuneralhome.com.

Survivors include his wife, Margie Pepperney; son, Richard Fletcher, Dallas Center, IA; 4 grandchildren; siblings, Valerie Claud, Flat Rock, MI; Cheryl McCloud, St. Ignace, MI; Julie Odem, Butler, IN; and Larry Cowell, North Carolina and numerous nieces and nephews.