Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rowe, Dorothy J. (Brown) August 19, 1994 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net April 14, 2020, 6:11 pm Portland Review-Mon. Aug. 29, 1994 DOROTHY J. ROWE Dorothy J. Rowe, 70, of Ionia, former of Portland, died Aug. 20, 1994, in Ionia. Mrs. Rowe was born in Kalkaska County June 4, 1924, the daughter of Burdette and Bertine (Lewis) Brown. She was a member of the First Congregational Church UCC of Portland and a member of the Portland VFW Post #4090 Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include one daughter, Patricia (Richard) Essner of Lake Odessa; one son, Bruce W. (Diane) Rowe of Portland; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one stepson, Jack (Sharon) Rowe of Denver, Colo.; stepdaughter-in-law, Margaret Walker of Portland; and two sisters, Evelyn Belcher of Detroit and Doris Maxwell of Petosky. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis, in 1978; one son, Terry, in 1965 and stepson, William, in 1987. Services were held Aug. 24 at the Gorsline-Runciman Neller Chapel in Portland, with Rev. Stephen York of the First Congregation Church UCC officiating. Interment followed at Portland Cemetery. Casket bearers were Eric Rowe, Kirk Essner, Nicholas Rowe, Joseph Leonard, Richard Essner, and Stephen Spetoskey. Contributions may be left at the chapel for the Hospice of Ionia and the American Lung Association. Additional Comments: Portland Cem.-Lot #C2-210 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rowe35553nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb