Rowdon obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Rowdon, Brenda            3 Dec 2004    Dec 2004    Jerry Nelson
Rowdon, Dorothy Kramar    6 Jun 2013    Jun 2013    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  12/3/2004

ROWDON, BRENDA
Baton Rouge -- Brenda Rowdon, 53, a housewife, died Wednesday, Dec. 1,
2004, at Louisiana Guest House, Baton Rouge.  She is survived by one
daughter, Kimberly Sanchez of Amite; two sons, Jason and Eric Rowdon, both
of Amite; two brothers, Joe Braddy and Stanley Braddy, both of Amite; and
four grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Emmett and
Cora Peek Braddy.  A memorial service will be Saturday at First United
Methodist Church, Amite, at 2 p.m.  Burial will be at Evergreen Crematory,
Denham Springs.  McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, is in charge.

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  6/6/2013

ROWDON, DOROTHY KRAMAR
Dorothy, a resident of Amite, was born in Mattoon, WI on July 21, 1912 to 
Walter B. and Mary Niven Kramar. She died peacefully in her sleep in her 
apartment at the Forum Retirement Home in Houston, TX on June 2, 2013 with 
family by her side. She was 100 years old. She was educated at Mattoon 
Elementary and High School and then at Ripon College in Ripon, WI. It was 
at Ripon where she met her future husband, Maurice A. (Rowdy) Rowdon. They 
were married on June 11, 1934. They lived in WI until they moved to Amite 
in 1946. Dorothy was a member of Eastern Star and an active member of the 
First United Methodist Church in Amite, where she was a member for over 60 
years. She is survived by her 6 children, Judy Rowdon, Lubbock, TX, Jill 
Ridgedell, Loranger, Noelle Rowdon and husband, Jack Gray, Houston, TX, 
Jeffrey Rowdon, Amite, Scott Rowdon and wife Melody, West Monroe and 
Jeannine Boswell and husband, Jim of Houston, TX. Also survived by 14 
grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren and her older sister, Vera 
Kimball, Houston, TX. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice A. 
Rowdon, her parents, Walter B. and Mary Kramar and a brother, Edward 
Kramar. Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. 
until 9 p.m. on Wednesday and funeral services will be at 10:00 on 
Thursday, June 6 at the First United Methodist Church. Interment Mulberry 
Street Cemetery, Amite. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the 
First United Methodist Church Building Fund, 800 N. Duncan Avenue, Amite, 
LA 70422. For an online guestbook, visit www.mckneelys.com. 

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