OBITUARY: Lester N. Rowe, 1913-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa





                            Lester N. Rowe

Funeral services for Lester N. Rowe, age 92, of Osage, were held Friday,
March 4, 2005, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, Iowa, with Rev.
Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating.  Burial was at the Osage
Cemetery.

Lester died Monday, February 28, 2005, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Lester was born February 8, 1913, at Orchard, Iowa, the son of Ray and Tena
(Nelson) Rowe. He attended rural school at Rock No. 7, and attended Osage
High School through the 12th grade. Lester then worked as a hired man and
at the Oliver Company in Charles City.

He was married to Dallas Nack on November 17, 1936, at the Baptist Parsonage
in Osage, Iowa.  Lester and Dallas first set up housekeeping and farming in
Rock Township, after which they moved to the Little Cedar area in 1944.
After one year, they moved to the Mitchell area, where they farmed Dallas's
mother's farm for four years. They then moved to the Mildred Goplerud farm
in Rock Township. Lester and Dallas remained on this farm for 33 years,
before retiring and moving to Osage in 1982. Dallas died on June 14, 2003.
They had been married for 66 years.

Lester served as president of the board of directors of the Osage elevator.
He also helped break ground for the parish hall of Our Savior's Lutheran
Church in Osage. Lester enjoyed woodworking, refinishing furniture, and
gardening in his retirement years. He also helped his son, David, with
farming during the planting and harvesting seasons.

Lester was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Dallas Rowe; a
grandson Jon David Rowe; and three brothers, Paul, Clyde and Earl Rowe.

Lester is survived by two sons, Jerald Rowe and his wife Pat of Seward,
Alaska, David J. Rowe and his wife Jane of Osage; eight grandchildren,
Bryan Rowe, Leslie Altac, Donna Leffler, Lynn Swenson, Thyra Burke,
Christopher Rowe, Mary Anna Rowe, and Joseph Rowe; nine great-grandchildren;
a brother Alan (Phyllis) Rowe of Seattle, Washington; and a sister, Marvel
Kubicek of Osage.

Arrangments were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage.



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