Mitchell County IA Archives Obituaries.....Rowe, Lester N February 28, 2005
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Mason City Globe Gazette.  March 2, 2005
"Lester Rowe Obituary."  Mason City Globe Gazette,March 2, 2005.   

Lester N. Rowe     

OSAGE - Lester N. Rowe, 92, of Osage, died Monday (Feb. 28, 2005) at the Faith 
Lutheran Home in Osage. 

Lester was born Feb. 8, 1913, at Orchard, 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 Nov. 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' 
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.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran 
Church in Osage, with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. 
Burial will be at the Osage Cemetery. 

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral 
Home in Osage, and will continue one hour before services on Friday at the 
church.

She is survived by two sons, Jerald Rowe and his wife Pat of Seward, Alaska 
and 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; one brother: Alan 
(Phyllis) Rowe of Seattle, Wash.; one sister, Marvel Kubicek of Osage.

He was preceded by his parents; his wife, Dallas Rowe; one grandson, Jon David 
Rowe; three brothers, Paul, Clyde and Earl Rowe.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.


 

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