Karla Pingel

Karla C. Pingel (nee Bowles), of O’Fallon, MO, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at the age of 73. Daughter of the late Herbert and Ruth Bowles. Devoted mother of the late Nichole Paige Pingel. She is survived by sister Sheila Rayfield of Piedmont, MO and brother Rufus “Herb” Bowles, Jr of St. Louis.

Karla worked for her father at the Ellington Rexall Drugstore, Reynolds County Memorial Hospital in Ellington and spent over twenty-five years at Mercy Hospital as a Pharmacy Technician. Karla was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.