PRINCETON — Wayne Earle Mowers, 57, of Princeton died at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at his home.

Born Feb. 10, 1955, in Cresco, Iowa, to Raymond I. and Marjorie (Westlake) Mowers, he married Debbie Knudsen July 28, 2007, at their home on Bureau Creek in rural Princeton. She survives.

He graduated from Toulon-LaFayette High School in 1973 and attended Black Hawk College for two years. He completed his Bachelor of Science in math from Western Illinois University in 1977, and he later completed his Master of Science in computer science from the University of Illinois. He worked as a computer systems analyst consultant in Clinton, Iowa; Norfolk, Va.; Saudi Arabia; Puerto Rico; Coralville, Iowa; Pittsburg, Pa.; Tallahassee, Fla.; Albany, N.Y.; and for several years for the state of Illinois in Springfield.