LOWE, Donald M. 1924-2019

LOWE, BUSH, SCHMIDT, BENDER, VAUGHN, WITT

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 11/24/2019 at 19:34:38

Obituary for Donald M. Lowe

Donald M. Lowe, 95, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Tuesday, November 19, at Lakeview Landing.

He was born July 13, 1924 in Waterloo, son of Millard and Cora Bush Lowe.

Don was a veteran of the U. S. Army, assigned to General Patton’s Headquarters during WW II. He graduated from Iowa State Teachers College (now U. N. I.) with a B.A. in History and with a M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He later did graduate work at the University of Wyoming where he taught during the summer. He taught history, Social Studies, English Literature and Economics with the Waterloo Community Schools for 28 years until his retirement.

Survivors include: many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by: six sisters, Beulah Robb, Opal Schmidt, Wilma Bender, Mildred Vaughn, Ruth Lowe and Maxine Witt; and four brothers, Montel, Theron, Verne and Jack Lowe.

A memorial service will be 11:00 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church. Inurnment will precede the service at Elmwood Cemetery, where full military rites will be conducted by American Legion Post 138, Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 1623 and the Iowa Army Honor Guard.

Memorials may be directed to the church.

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup funeral home