Remembering Dr. Ouwenga

January 21, 2019

Michael K. Ouwen­ga, MD age 43, of Fowler, died on Sat­ur­day, Jan­u­ary 19, 2019 at 6:40 p.m. at his home.

He was born in Kanka­kee, IL on August 6, 1975, to War­ren L. and Sharon (Hamann) Ouwen­ga. He mar­ried April Emer­ick on Sep­tem­ber 23, 2000, and she survives.

Dr. Ouwen­ga was a Doc­tor of Urol­o­gy at Quin­cy Med­ical Group. He was a grad­u­ate of Illi­nois Wes­leyan Uni­ver­si­ty and Loy­ola Uni­ver­si­ty Stritch School of Medicine.

He was a mem­ber of The Cross­ing Church.

He was award­ed the title of Best Sur­geon in 2018 by the Quin­cy Her­ald Whigs Reader’s Choice.

Michael was an amaz­ing hus­band and father, a won­der­ful son, broth­er and uncle as well as a tal­ent­ed, car­ing surgeon.

Michael was gen­uine, gen­er­ous and fun-loving.

In addi­tion to his par­ents, War­ren and Sharon Ouwen­ga of Bour­bon­nais, IL and his wife April Ouwen­ga, sur­vivors also include his four daugh­ters, Gabriel­la, Lily, Vio­let and Lucy Ouwen­ga all of Fowler; a broth­er, Ron Ouwen­ga and his wife Julie of Bour­bon­nais, IL; and two sis­ters, Shelly Spar­row and her hus­band Ryan of Had­don­field, N.J. and Kim Vilen­dr­er and her hus­band Mike of Tin­ley Park, IL. Many nieces, nephews, and oth­er rel­a­tives also survive.

Funer­al ser­vices will be at 7:00 p.m. Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 22, 2019 at the Cross­ing Church , 48th & Maine Streets Quin­cy, IL. Pas­tor Jer­ry Har­ris to con­duct the services.

Vis­i­ta­tion will be pri­or to the ser­vice Tues­day from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Cross­ing Church in Quincy.

Memo­ri­als are sug­gest­ed to The Cross­ing Build­ing Fund in Mem­o­ry of Dr. Michael Ouwenga.

Inter­ment will be in All Saints Ceme­tery in Bour­bon­nais fol­low­ing ser­vices that will be held in Bour­bon­nais, IL.

Funer­al arrange­ments with the Duk­er & Haugh Funer­al Home, Quincy.