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ROWE, Stephen 1953-2014

ROWE, CROOKS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/21/2014 at 22:52:43

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Sunday, January 12, 2014]

CEDAR FALLS - Stephen "Steve" Rowe, 60, of Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Cedar Falls, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at Villa St. Francis Nursing Home after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s.

He was born March 25, 1953, in Waterloo.

He is a 1971 graduate of Cedar Falls High School and a 1975 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa. He married Loreilyn Crooks in 1981.

Mr. Rowe worked for Happy Joe’s Pizza for four years before starting a 26-year career in industrial pump sales with Viking Pump, Cedar Falls, then in 1991 he moved on to Bran & Luebbe and Tuthill Pump until accepting a sales position in 1993 with JCI Industries, a Kansas City area pump distributor. He was employed there for 12 years before the early onset of Alzheimer’s began and he lost his job.

Survived by his wife; two daughters, Andrea (fiance Jesse Shalley) of Kansas City, Mo., and Morgan of Overland Park.

Celebration of life service: 2 p.m. Monday at the Church of the Resurrection, Wesley Chapel, 13720 Roe Ave., Leawood, Kan. The family requests the color purple be worn in honor of Alzheimer’s. Heartland Cremation & Burial Society is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be directed in his memory to "KU Endowment-KU Alzheimer's Disease Center" and sent to KU Endowment, in care of Ted Kimble, Mail Stop 3012, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160.

A random act of kindness would be appreciated in lieu of flowers. A very special thank you to Villa St. Francis Nursing Home, Catholic Community Hospice and Village Shalom Day Out Program.


 

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