Yolo-Solano County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....ROWE , Lillian Barrett Wood  April 1 2004
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"Winters Express," Thursday, April 15, 2004
Lillian Rowe

Lillian Barrett Wood Rowe, long time rural Davis resident, died April 1, 2004 at
the age of 100 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law Marda and Jim Henry in
Dixon.  Born in Pendleton, Indiana on Sept. 16, 1903 she grew up on a farm and
was the first girl in that state to study agriculture in high school.  She met
the late John O. Rowe, a native of Davis, at the Chicago International Livestock
Show in 1922 when both were exhibiting the same Milking Shorthorn breed of
cattle.  After returning from England, where she studied psychology and
international relations on a Quaker scholarship at Woodbrooke College, Lillian
resumed her long distance courtship with John O., and came to California as his
bride in 1927.

Her life centered around her large extended family - she made their costumes,
4-H uniforms, passed on her values and family history, and when they were
interested, gave them cattle, carrying on an interest in livestock spanning
several generations.

At the time of her marriage to John O., Lillian brought some of her own cattle
with her to Davis and together they developed the internationally known
Innisfail Herd of Milking Shorthorns, still prominent today.  Lillian maintained
her personal ownership of descendants of these original animals until 1999 when
she distributed them to her grandchildren.  During these years Innisfail bred
and owned a number of national Grand Champions, Honor Roll cows and All
Americans.  Lillian was recognized in 2003 by the California State Fair,
representing the Innisfail Herd as the longest exhibitor in the history of the
fair.

After joining the Rowe family, who were early "Davisville" residents, Lillian
began to gather local memorabilia, which is being assembled at the Yolo County
archives.  She helped save the fig trees on the Davis campus of the University
of California planted by Jerome Davis, and was involved in the attempt to save
the oldest structure on campus, an early irrigation reservoir in the path of a
proposed new road through the arboretum.  Lillian also researched the historical
records of the local Tremont Mite Society, one of the oldest women’s
organizations in California, for the words that are on the monument in front of
the old Tremont Church south of Davis.

Lillian Rowe leaves behind six children:  Evelyne and husband Richard Rominger
of Winters; Stuart and wife Emily Brooks Rowe of Davis; Charles and wife Dr.
Joan Dean Rowe of Capay; James and wife Sharon Rowe of Twin Falls, Idaho; Marda
and husband Jim Henry and Bink and husband Gary Eason, both of Dixon.  she also
leaves sisters Esther Benedict of Laguna Beach, California and Laura Swain of
Laramie, Wyoming, and sister-in-law Elizabeth Wood of Pendleton, Indiana.  She
also leaves many grandchildren, great grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Preceding her death were her husband of 53 years John O. Rowe, brother Wilbur
Wood and sister Ruth Specht.

At her request, a private memorial service will be held.  Memorials may be made
to Yolo Hospice, PO Box 1014, Davis CA 95617-1014; Davis International House, 10
College Park, Davis CA 95616; American Milking Shorthorn Society (AMSS)
Endowment Fund, 800 Pleasant Street, Beloit WI 53511; or Tremont Mite Society,
1335 Blackberry Court, Dixon CA 95620.


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Submitted with the permission of the "Winters Express," 312 Railroad Ave.,
Winters, CA 95694.  

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