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My favorite uncle passed, and I was surprised to learn of his military service,

  • Friday, March 26, 2010 10:04
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    Served with Honor - United States Military Veteran
    Keith D. Rowe
    Keith D. Rowe
    October 29, 1924 - March 23, 2010
    Wellman, Iowa

    Visitation: 4:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. March 26, 2010 at Powell Funeral Home, Wellman
    Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. March 27, 2010 at Asbury United Methodist Church, Wellman
    Interment: March 27, 2010 at Keota Cemetery

    Keith Dorrance Rowe, 85, of Wellman died Tuesday, March 23, 2010 in the Washington County Hospital in Washington. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Wellman. Rev Rich Pippert and Rev Kitch Shatzer will officiate. Burial will be in the Keota Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:30 - 8:00 p.m. on Friday at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. A memorial fund has been established for Hospice of Washington County. Messages may be sent to the family at www.powellfuneralhomes.com Mr Rowe was born south of Wellman on a family century farm, October 29, 1924. He was the son of Fay Rowe and Ina Dorrance Rowe. He married Audrey Ellison on April 6, 1950, in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Wellman High School in 1943. He joined the Navy in 1943 serving until 1946. His basic training was in the Great Lakes. Later he was sent to Oklahoma for air craft mechanics and then to officer training at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. He served most of his duty during the occupation of Japan. After military service he attended Iowa State University and Capital City Commercial College, Des Moines, earning a degree in business. In 1953 he began farming. He completed his own planting and harvest in 2009. He was a 68 year member of the Asbury United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Audrey of Wellman, and five children, Andy Rowe of Marengo, Kathryn Novotny of Rochester, MN., Jason Rowe of Seattle, WA., Barbara Coffman and husband Steve of South English, and Elizabeth Montelius and husband Randy of Cedar Rapids. Also surviving are eight grandchildren, Adam and Amy Rowe, Matthew, Nathan and Laura Novotny, Emily Montelius, Sage and Isabel Coffman, and two step grandchildren Cyrus and Leslie Coffman. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Ellen Gleason and a brother Carl (Bill) Rowe.

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