OBIT: Rev. Charles I. ROWE, 1974, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  REV. CHARLES I. ROWE 
  
  Rev. Charles I. Rowe, of 259 Second St. E., Nokomis, Fla. died
  Sunday, Nov. 5, 1978 at Venice Hospital.  He was 73.  The Rev. Rowe was
  a mission developer and the first pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church
  of Venice, serving from 1960 to 1971.  Born in Pennsylvania, he came
  to the South County area from Mechanicsburg.  He was first chaplain of
  Venice Hospital, a post he served for four years.  The Rev. Rowe began
  his clerical career in 1932 as pastor of the Garrett Charge in
  Somerset County, where he served until 1940.  He was pastor from
  1940-60 of the Trindle Spring Lutheran Church.  A graduate of
  Susquehanna University, Class of 1929, he then attended Gettysburg
  Theological Seminary where he graduated with the Class of 1932. He
  leaves his wife, Dorothy; two daughters, Sara Jane Basehore of
  Mechanicsburg, and Donna Marie Stone of Lititz, three grandchildren;
  two brothers, Norman Rowe of Millerstown, and John Rowe of Mexico,
  and one sister, Mrs. George Haubert of Mexico. Pa.  Funeral services
  were held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dr. William G.
  Moeser officiating.  Burial was at Trindle Spring Cemetery in
  Mechanicsburg Farley Funeral Home, Venice, was in charge of
  arrangements.
  
  The Republic, November 23, 1974
  
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