The Salt Lake Tribune, November 1, 1963:
Polson, MT - A former Salt Lake County businessman and a companion were killed Thursday when a light plane crashed in the Flathead River shortly after takeoff form an airport near Polson.
Albert Levon Rowley, 50, owner of an automobile upholstery shop in Salt Lake City until a year ago, died in the crash of the plane he piloted. Also dead is Dale Maughan Sr., 38, of St. Ignatius. They were departing on a hunting trip. Cause of the crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Agency.
Albert Levon Rowley was born December 18, 1913 in Safford, Arizona, the son of Lorenzo Jewel and Effie Vilate Porter Rowley. His family moved to Green River, Utah, where Mr. Rowley attended school. He married Ethel C. Dalton in 1934 and the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 2, 1943.
In 1934 Mr. Rowley and his wife moved to Salt Lake City where he began work as an apprentice upholsterer. It was in 1942 that he opened his own shop, The Rowley Top Shop, located on State Street. For 20 years he operated the automobile upholstery shop until he retired in July 1962 and came to Montana. He and his wife lived at Finley Point near Flathead Lake.
Active in the LDS Church, Mr. Rowley was a member of the Cottonwood Fourth Ward, Salt Lake City and the Sunday School Superintendency.
During World War II he was employed as a machinist at the Remington Arms Plant in Salt Lake City.
His survivors include his widow; two sons and a daughter, Ronald D. Rowley, Salt Lake City, Kenneth Rowley, Polson, and Janet Ann Rowley, Finley Point; three grandchildren, and a brother, Roy Rowley, Tooele.
Polson, MT - A former Salt Lake County businessman and a companion were killed Thursday when a light plane crashed in the Flathead River shortly after takeoff form an airport near Polson.
Albert Levon Rowley, 50, owner of an automobile upholstery shop in Salt Lake City until a year ago, died in the crash of the plane he piloted. Also dead is Dale Maughan Sr., 38, of St. Ignatius. They were departing on a hunting trip. Cause of the crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Agency.
Albert Levon Rowley was born December 18, 1913 in Safford, Arizona, the son of Lorenzo Jewel and Effie Vilate Porter Rowley. His family moved to Green River, Utah, where Mr. Rowley attended school. He married Ethel C. Dalton in 1934 and the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 2, 1943.
In 1934 Mr. Rowley and his wife moved to Salt Lake City where he began work as an apprentice upholsterer. It was in 1942 that he opened his own shop, The Rowley Top Shop, located on State Street. For 20 years he operated the automobile upholstery shop until he retired in July 1962 and came to Montana. He and his wife lived at Finley Point near Flathead Lake.
Active in the LDS Church, Mr. Rowley was a member of the Cottonwood Fourth Ward, Salt Lake City and the Sunday School Superintendency.
During World War II he was employed as a machinist at the Remington Arms Plant in Salt Lake City.
His survivors include his widow; two sons and a daughter, Ronald D. Rowley, Salt Lake City, Kenneth Rowley, Polson, and Janet Ann Rowley, Finley Point; three grandchildren, and a brother, Roy Rowley, Tooele.
The Salt Lake Tribune, November 1, 1963:
Polson, MT - A former Salt Lake County businessman and a companion were killed Thursday when a light plane crashed in the Flathead River shortly after takeoff form an airport near Polson.
Albert Levon Rowley, 50, owner of an automobile upholstery shop in Salt Lake City until a year ago, died in the crash of the plane he piloted. Also dead is Dale Maughan Sr., 38, of St. Ignatius. They were departing on a hunting trip. Cause of the crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Agency.
Albert Levon Rowley was born December 18, 1913 in Safford, Arizona, the son of Lorenzo Jewel and Effie Vilate Porter Rowley. His family moved to Green River, Utah, where Mr. Rowley attended school. He married Ethel C. Dalton in 1934 and the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 2, 1943.
In 1934 Mr. Rowley and his wife moved to Salt Lake City where he began work as an apprentice upholsterer. It was in 1942 that he opened his own shop, The Rowley Top Shop, located on State Street. For 20 years he operated the automobile upholstery shop until he retired in July 1962 and came to Montana. He and his wife lived at Finley Point near Flathead Lake.
Active in the LDS Church, Mr. Rowley was a member of the Cottonwood Fourth Ward, Salt Lake City and the Sunday School Superintendency.
During World War II he was employed as a machinist at the Remington Arms Plant in Salt Lake City.
His survivors include his widow; two sons and a daughter, Ronald D. Rowley, Salt Lake City, Kenneth Rowley, Polson, and Janet Ann Rowley, Finley Point; three grandchildren, and a brother, Roy Rowley, Tooele.
Polson, MT - A former Salt Lake County businessman and a companion were killed Thursday when a light plane crashed in the Flathead River shortly after takeoff form an airport near Polson.
Albert Levon Rowley, 50, owner of an automobile upholstery shop in Salt Lake City until a year ago, died in the crash of the plane he piloted. Also dead is Dale Maughan Sr., 38, of St. Ignatius. They were departing on a hunting trip. Cause of the crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Agency.
Albert Levon Rowley was born December 18, 1913 in Safford, Arizona, the son of Lorenzo Jewel and Effie Vilate Porter Rowley. His family moved to Green River, Utah, where Mr. Rowley attended school. He married Ethel C. Dalton in 1934 and the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 2, 1943.
In 1934 Mr. Rowley and his wife moved to Salt Lake City where he began work as an apprentice upholsterer. It was in 1942 that he opened his own shop, The Rowley Top Shop, located on State Street. For 20 years he operated the automobile upholstery shop until he retired in July 1962 and came to Montana. He and his wife lived at Finley Point near Flathead Lake.
Active in the LDS Church, Mr. Rowley was a member of the Cottonwood Fourth Ward, Salt Lake City and the Sunday School Superintendency.
During World War II he was employed as a machinist at the Remington Arms Plant in Salt Lake City.
His survivors include his widow; two sons and a daughter, Ronald D. Rowley, Salt Lake City, Kenneth Rowley, Polson, and Janet Ann Rowley, Finley Point; three grandchildren, and a brother, Roy Rowley, Tooele.
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