Gloria Kaye Rowe, 72, passed away, peacefully in her sleep, at her home in Fallbrook, Calif. on April 18, 2013. Gloria was born in Huntingburg, Ind. on May 18, 1940. She was the daughter of Jesse Fowler and Kathryn Leibering Fowler.
Gloria's father was killed in WW II on Okinawa when she was five. As a result, Gloria spent the next five years in a lively, extended household that included her mother, grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins. Gloria, a 1958 graduate of Huntingburg High School, went onto technical school and became a lab and x-ray technician. She was hired in this role at the Bremen Indiana Community Hospital.
Gloria met Bill Rowe in Bremen and on Aug. 6, 1960 they were married. After Gloria's mother was remarried and moved to Ontario, Calif., the young couple and their 2-year-old daughter moved to Southern California in February of 1963. Gloria worked for a doctor in Ontario while Bill was obtaining his accounting degree from Cal Poly Pomona. She became a full-time homemaker after the birth of their son. Bill's work necessitated that the couple and their family relocate around California several times. They lived in Upland, Camarillo, Foster City and eventually found the town they called home in Fallbrook.
Gloria was very active in Fallbrook playing key roles in the Fallbrook Women's Club, the Encore Club, the Fallbrook Republican Women Federated, the Live Oak Questers, the Angel Society of Fallbrook and the Avocado Belles Chapter of the Red Hat Society. With her friends, she also organized a mahjong group and the "Just for Fun Club." Her vivacious spirit and brilliant smile will be deeply missed by both family and friends.
Survivors include daughter Debra Henkel (Mike) of Cotati, Calif.; son Marc Rowe (Cassie) of Bozeman, Mont.; grandchildren, Lilianna and Dashiel Henkel. Gloria was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her father, and her mother.
A memorial service will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Fallbrook on Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m.
Memorial contributions can be made to The American Heart Association, P.O. Box 742030, Los Angeles, California 90074. Berry-Bell and Hall Mortuary assisted the family with arrangements.
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Gloria's father was killed in WW II on Okinawa when she was five. As a result, Gloria spent the next five years in a lively, extended household that included her mother, grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins. Gloria, a 1958 graduate of Huntingburg High School, went onto technical school and became a lab and x-ray technician. She was hired in this role at the Bremen Indiana Community Hospital.
Gloria met Bill Rowe in Bremen and on Aug. 6, 1960 they were married. After Gloria's mother was remarried and moved to Ontario, Calif., the young couple and their 2-year-old daughter moved to Southern California in February of 1963. Gloria worked for a doctor in Ontario while Bill was obtaining his accounting degree from Cal Poly Pomona. She became a full-time homemaker after the birth of their son. Bill's work necessitated that the couple and their family relocate around California several times. They lived in Upland, Camarillo, Foster City and eventually found the town they called home in Fallbrook.
Gloria was very active in Fallbrook playing key roles in the Fallbrook Women's Club, the Encore Club, the Fallbrook Republican Women Federated, the Live Oak Questers, the Angel Society of Fallbrook and the Avocado Belles Chapter of the Red Hat Society. With her friends, she also organized a mahjong group and the "Just for Fun Club." Her vivacious spirit and brilliant smile will be deeply missed by both family and friends.
Survivors include daughter Debra Henkel (Mike) of Cotati, Calif.; son Marc Rowe (Cassie) of Bozeman, Mont.; grandchildren, Lilianna and Dashiel Henkel. Gloria was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her father, and her mother.
A memorial service will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Fallbrook on Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m.
Memorial contributions can be made to The American Heart Association, P.O. Box 742030, Los Angeles, California 90074. Berry-Bell and Hall Mortuary assisted the family with arrangements.
See more pictures of Gloria here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskB5QL2m
Gloria Kaye Rowe, 72, passed away, peacefully in her sleep, at her home in Fallbrook, Calif. on April 18, 2013. Gloria was born in Huntingburg, Ind. on May 18, 1940. She was the daughter of Jesse Fowler and Kathryn Leibering Fowler.
Gloria's father was killed in WW II on Okinawa when she was five. As a result, Gloria spent the next five years in a lively, extended household that included her mother, grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins. Gloria, a 1958 graduate of Huntingburg High School, went onto technical school and became a lab and x-ray technician. She was hired in this role at the Bremen Indiana Community Hospital.
Gloria met Bill Rowe in Bremen and on Aug. 6, 1960 they were married. After Gloria's mother was remarried and moved to Ontario, Calif., the young couple and their 2-year-old daughter moved to Southern California in February of 1963. Gloria worked for a doctor in Ontario while Bill was obtaining his accounting degree from Cal Poly Pomona. She became a full-time homemaker after the birth of their son. Bill's work necessitated that the couple and their family relocate around California several times. They lived in Upland, Camarillo, Foster City and eventually found the town they called home in Fallbrook.
Gloria was very active in Fallbrook playing key roles in the Fallbrook Women's Club, the Encore Club, the Fallbrook Republican Women Federated, the Live Oak Questers, the Angel Society of Fallbrook and the Avocado Belles Chapter of the Red Hat Society. With her friends, she also organized a mahjong group and the "Just for Fun Club." Her vivacious spirit and brilliant smile will be deeply missed by both family and friends.
Survivors include daughter Debra Henkel (Mike) of Cotati, Calif.; son Marc Rowe (Cassie) of Bozeman, Mont.; grandchildren, Lilianna and Dashiel Henkel. Gloria was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her father, and her mother.
A memorial service will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Fallbrook on Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m.
Memorial contributions can be made to The American Heart Association, P.O. Box 742030, Los Angeles, California 90074. Berry-Bell and Hall Mortuary assisted the family with arrangements.
See more pictures of Gloria here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskB5QL2m
Gloria's father was killed in WW II on Okinawa when she was five. As a result, Gloria spent the next five years in a lively, extended household that included her mother, grandmother, aunts, uncles and cousins. Gloria, a 1958 graduate of Huntingburg High School, went onto technical school and became a lab and x-ray technician. She was hired in this role at the Bremen Indiana Community Hospital.
Gloria met Bill Rowe in Bremen and on Aug. 6, 1960 they were married. After Gloria's mother was remarried and moved to Ontario, Calif., the young couple and their 2-year-old daughter moved to Southern California in February of 1963. Gloria worked for a doctor in Ontario while Bill was obtaining his accounting degree from Cal Poly Pomona. She became a full-time homemaker after the birth of their son. Bill's work necessitated that the couple and their family relocate around California several times. They lived in Upland, Camarillo, Foster City and eventually found the town they called home in Fallbrook.
Gloria was very active in Fallbrook playing key roles in the Fallbrook Women's Club, the Encore Club, the Fallbrook Republican Women Federated, the Live Oak Questers, the Angel Society of Fallbrook and the Avocado Belles Chapter of the Red Hat Society. With her friends, she also organized a mahjong group and the "Just for Fun Club." Her vivacious spirit and brilliant smile will be deeply missed by both family and friends.
Survivors include daughter Debra Henkel (Mike) of Cotati, Calif.; son Marc Rowe (Cassie) of Bozeman, Mont.; grandchildren, Lilianna and Dashiel Henkel. Gloria was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her father, and her mother.
A memorial service will be held at Zion Lutheran Church in Fallbrook on Saturday, June 29 at 2 p.m.
Memorial contributions can be made to The American Heart Association, P.O. Box 742030, Los Angeles, California 90074. Berry-Bell and Hall Mortuary assisted the family with arrangements.
See more pictures of Gloria here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskB5QL2m
