David Rowe

David Ray Rowe, age 75, resident of Crane, Missouri, died September 18, 2013 at home of natural causes. David was born in Wellington, KS on June 8, 1938 to parents Raymond Robert Rowe and Minnie Alice Jackson Rowe. He married Carol Sue Caldwell April 16, 1960 in Miami, OK. His service life in the Air Force included duty stations in England, Vietnam, Newfoundland, Texas, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri. He retired from the United States Air Force at the rank of Master Sergeant, 1976. He later attended Allen County Community College and received an Associate of Arts in Business degree. David resided in Iola, KS, Galena, MO and Crane, MO after retirement. He enjoyed fishing, reading and metal detecting. He also was employed numerous times after retirement including John Deere (Iola), Wolfcreek Nuclear Project (Burlington), Silver Dollar City & Fasco in Ozark, MO. He is survived by a daughter, Cathy Rowe of Nixa, MO and a son, Joseph Rowe of Mukilteo, WA. Surviving siblings include Carol Troll, Marty Reida, Norma Collins, Judy Sloan, and Larry May. Extended family includes numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Carol Sue Rowe in April, 2013. Cremation has taken place. GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 27, 2013, at Highland Cemetery in Iola, Kansas, with military honors. MEMORIAL CHOICES: Hospice Compassus or American Red Cross Memorial gifts may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .