Richard Warren "Dick" Lowder 1924 - 2009

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Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/15/2013 at 12:33:48

Sioux City Journal
3 December 2009

SIOUX CITY -- Richard Warren "Dick" Lowder, 85, of West Des Moines, formerly of Sioux City, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church in West Des Moines. The family will greet friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hamilton's on Westown Parkway in West Des Moines. Condolences may be sent online to HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

He was born in Sioux City, on March 5, 1924, to Bert and Eleanor Lowder. He spent his childhood in Sioux City and graduated from Trinity High School. Dick graduated from Creighton College of Dentistry in Omaha in 1954. He returned to Sioux City, where he practiced dentistry for 38 years. He was a past president of the Sioux City Dental Society and a lifelong member of the Iowa Dental Association and the American Dental Association. He moved from Sioux City to West Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992.

Other than his God, family and friends, his first love was any sports activity. He was a passionate fan of the Chicago Cubs baseball team and Notre Dame football. He loved playing basketball and softball during his younger years and later loved watching and coaching his son and his grandchildren in Little League ball, basketball, soccer, golf, swimming and any other sport that they chose to play.

Dick enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and served in the South Pacific as a medic. He was proud of being present at Iwo Jima when the flag was raised. He was also present at the surrender of Japan. After three and one half years in the Navy, he returned to Sioux City and continued his college career at Creighton University.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jean; his children, Michael and his wife, Kay, Mary Lowder Knight and her husband, Bruce Knight, Suzi Lowder Kottemann and her husband, Karl Kottemann; his grandchildren, J.R. Knight and his wife, Leann, Libby Knight, Matt and Ryan Lowder and Kara and Kristin Kottemann.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Jerry; and sisters, Alice and Virginia.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Creighton College of Dentistry, Trinity Heights in Sioux City or Sacred Heart Church in West Des Moines.