Bower's Chapel Cemetery - Urbana, MO

06/01/2026

FLOWER POLICY 2026: Please help us keep our cemetery looking nice and keep our mowing costs down. Loose and deteriorating flowers must be picked up by July 15. Flowers that are securely anchored and maintained can remain indefinitely. Any flowers that impede mowing will be removed.
Thank you!!

06/01/2026

The Cemetery Board would like to thank everyone who contributed to the fund for the upkeep and maintenance of our lovely cemetery. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

05/17/2026

Bower's Chapel Cemetery board members will be taking donations for the cemetery upkeep in the pavilion beginning May 21 through Memorial Day. Donations can also be made online. All donations are greatly appreciated.

05/05/2026

Another way to donate online....

05/05/2026

BIG NEWS! You can now make donations ONLINE!

Bower's Chapel Cemetery is located in Northern Dallas County Missouri. We are a non-profit entity dedicated to the preservation of the resting place of the ancestors and citizens of Dallas County and the surrounding areas. All donations are dedicated to the maintenance and upkeep of the cemetery.

01/03/2026

06/23/2025

ALL loose and deteriorating flowers must be picked up by July 15. Flowers that are securely anchored and maintained can remain indefinitely. Please help us keep our cemetery looking nice and keep our mowing costs down.

Thank you!!

06/05/2025

The Bower's Chapel Cemetery Board would like to thank everyone who contributed to the operating fund! We appreciate each and every donation!!

05/20/2025

Just a reminder, the cemetery depends on donations for upkeep and maintenance.

Please make checks payable to: BOWER'S CHAPEL CEMETERY FUND

Donations may be made in person if Volunteers are at the pavilion or may be mailed to:

Bower's Chapel Cemetery Fund
c/o Greg Lindsey
20 Skyview Rd
Urbana, MO 65767

THANK YOU!

05/03/2025

Obituary for Maureta Evelyn Fugate
Maureta Evelyn Fugate November, 24 1926 - February 13, 2025

Maureta was born on November 24, 1926, in Greencastle, Missouri to Walter Ray McKinley Darr and Lotta Day Custer-Darr. She passed away on February 13, 2025, in Buffalo, Missouri. She was the second of three sisters. The family later moved to a rural property between Springfield and Ozark, Missouri. Maureta graduated from Ozark High School in 1944. After graduation she attended some college and worked as a bookkeeper. She enjoyed travel including a visit to pre-Castro Havana, Cuba.

Maureta was united in marriage with Amadee Fugate at Grace Methodist, Springfield, Missouri in May 1961. To this union were born two children, Ann and Don.

Maureta was preceded in death by: Husband of thirty years Amadee Fugate, Sisters Lorene Morton, Ohio and Sue Forrest, Oklahoma. She is survived by: Daughter Ann and Doug Brethower, Bolivar, Missouri. Grandchildren Ashley Pomeroy, Nixa, Madisen and Clay Crouch Jefferson City, Nate Brethower, Buffalo. Son Don, Ozark, Missouri Grandchildren John Fugate, Nashville, Tennessee and Quinn and Alyson Fugate, West Linn, Oregon. Great grandchildren Jackson and Hudson Pomeroy Nixa, Missouri. Beyond immediate family, “aunt Me” will also be missed by a host of nieces and nephews who enjoyed their visits to the Fugate household in Urbana.

Following marriage, Maureta was a life-long resident of Urbana, MO until a short stay at Colonial Springs, Buffalo before passing. She regularly attended Urbana UMC and later Prairie Chapel.

Maureta was known and loved by many in the Urbana community. The family thanks the many kind neighbors and good folks of Urbana for their care and support that allowed her to live in her Urbana home as long as possible.

Services are scheduled for Friday, April 18, at 11 am at Cantlon-Otterness in Urbana, Missouri. Visitation begins at 10 am. Final interment at Bowers Chapel Cemetery immediately following services.

Donations in her name may be made to Prairie Chapel or Bowers Chapel.

Arrangements are under the direction of Cantlon-Otterness & Viets Funeral Home, Urbana, Missouri.

Cemetery Details
Bower Chapel Cemetery
Hwy 65
Urbana, MO