On June 3, 1917 Frieda was joined in marriage to John Hooton Rowan in Bloomington, Illinois. She was 20 years old. Children: David Hooton (Pictured as a baby on the right with his mom), Ruth Louise, Dorothy Elizabeth, Mildred Bernice, Lester Eugene, June Marie, Ralph Dean (died as infant 22 May 1934).
OBITUARY; Frieda Ida Rowan 89, Phoenix, Ariz. formerly of 1004 S Main St. Bloomington, died 1 a.m. Monday Nov.4,1985 in Phoenix, after an illness of six months. There will be no funeral Service. Private burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois.
Arrangements by Kibler-Smith Memorial Home, Bloomington, Illinois. Mrs. Rowan was born Sept.29,1896, in Bloomington. She married John Hooton Rowan on June 3,1917, in Bloomington, Illinois. He preceeded her death.
Survivors include a son, Lester of Sarasota,Fla.: two daughters, Dorothy Hogue, Phoenix, and Bernice Rhodes, Sarasota, Florida: a sister Elsie Guhistorf, El Paso, TX; 16 grandchildren, 16 great granchildren and two great,great grandchildren.
A son, two daughters, four brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
Memorials may be made to Mobile Meals and Mennonite Day Care Center.
My Grandmother
My beautiful grandmother - came to be;
Her mother from across the sea , from Germany.
She was raised on a farm; She was a wife,
mother, friend, She worked so very hard;
She loved her family, and never minded her hard life.
I remember her now, hair so grey-
face so fair , what more can I say;
She was brought up by the old ways;
To listen and obey, This sweet grandmother,
I wanted to hear what she had to say;
She'd make us tea - two , three cups at a time;
And we'd listen to her stories of old,
We hung on every word and rhyme.
So kind so gentle, old and frail;
But a heart of gold, she would not fail.
She's gone now to Heaven to be with Jesus;
I can almost hear her calling,
I am not gone away, do not fear;
Your grandmother is waiting,
Waiting up here.
Written by: Gloria Conery, grand-daughter
On June 3, 1917 Frieda was joined in marriage to John Hooton Rowan in Bloomington, Illinois. She was 20 years old. Children: David Hooton (Pictured as a baby on the right with his mom), Ruth Louise, Dorothy Elizabeth, Mildred Bernice, Lester Eugene, June Marie, Ralph Dean (died as infant 22 May 1934).
OBITUARY; Frieda Ida Rowan 89, Phoenix, Ariz. formerly of 1004 S Main St. Bloomington, died 1 a.m. Monday Nov.4,1985 in Phoenix, after an illness of six months. There will be no funeral Service. Private burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois.
Arrangements by Kibler-Smith Memorial Home, Bloomington, Illinois. Mrs. Rowan was born Sept.29,1896, in Bloomington. She married John Hooton Rowan on June 3,1917, in Bloomington, Illinois. He preceeded her death.
Survivors include a son, Lester of Sarasota,Fla.: two daughters, Dorothy Hogue, Phoenix, and Bernice Rhodes, Sarasota, Florida: a sister Elsie Guhistorf, El Paso, TX; 16 grandchildren, 16 great granchildren and two great,great grandchildren.
A son, two daughters, four brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
Memorials may be made to Mobile Meals and Mennonite Day Care Center.
My Grandmother
My beautiful grandmother - came to be;
Her mother from across the sea , from Germany.
She was raised on a farm; She was a wife,
mother, friend, She worked so very hard;
She loved her family, and never minded her hard life.
I remember her now, hair so grey-
face so fair , what more can I say;
She was brought up by the old ways;
To listen and obey, This sweet grandmother,
I wanted to hear what she had to say;
She'd make us tea - two , three cups at a time;
And we'd listen to her stories of old,
We hung on every word and rhyme.
So kind so gentle, old and frail;
But a heart of gold, she would not fail.
She's gone now to Heaven to be with Jesus;
I can almost hear her calling,
I am not gone away, do not fear;
Your grandmother is waiting,
Waiting up here.
Written by: Gloria Conery, grand-daughter
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