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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Mary Helen Rowley
Mary Helen
Rowley
Feb 22, 1932 — Jan 18, 2018
Mary Helen Rowley's Obituary
Mary H. Rowley passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.
The Memorial Service will be held at 11:00am MT Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Bucyrus Lutheran Church in Bucyrus, ND with Pastor Deb Molbert, officiating. Following cremation, burial will be in the Wolff Butte Cemetery north of Bucyrus.
Mary Helen Rowley was born to Henry and Luella (Olson) Yohe on February 22, 1932 at the hospital in Reeder, ND. Her parents farmed north of Bucyrus and Mary attended school in Bucyrus graduating in 1950. Mary then attended Dickinson State College, earning at two year teaching certificate. She taught in Bucyrus and Haynes. Mary then moved out to Washington State and taught school She attended the University the University of Puget Sound earning a degree in Elementary Education, and a fifth year of study in Library Science. Later she attended L.H. Bates Technical College and completed an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering. She worked in telephone and answering machine repair.
In 1957, Mary married Elmer Allen, formerly of Beach, ND. They raised three children, George, Grey, and Mary Jo. In 1984, she married Roy Rowley and moved to North Dakota in 1987.
Mary held a number of jobs including operating a second hand store, working as a nurse's aide and a Library Teacher at Reeder and Fort Yates, ND. She also did research in Adams County history, such as coal mining, the use of clay, ranching before 1906, and cemeteries in the county. Mary spent over 50 years researching her family history and helping others research theirs.
In addition to her husband, and her children, she is survived by step children, Toni Wilson, Tina Rowley, Patricia Katz, all in California; Jimmy Allen and Bruce Allen, in North Dakota; 2 sisters, Betty Jane (Leroy) Stover, Tennessee; Shirley Ann (Bruce) Wood, Georgia; and one brother, Robert (Marge) Yohe, North Dakota.
She was preceded in death by her parens, and brother in law, Jim Stover.
Visitation will be on Monday from 1:00 to 5:00pm at the Centennial Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger.
The Memorial Service will be held at 11:00am MT Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the Bucyrus Lutheran Church in Bucyrus, ND with Pastor Deb Molbert, officiating. Following cremation, burial will be in the Wolff Butte Cemetery north of Bucyrus.
Mary Helen Rowley was born to Henry and Luella (Olson) Yohe on February 22, 1932 at the hospital in Reeder, ND. Her parents farmed north of Bucyrus and Mary attended school in Bucyrus graduating in 1950. Mary then attended Dickinson State College, earning at two year teaching certificate. She taught in Bucyrus and Haynes. Mary then moved out to Washington State and taught school She attended the University the University of Puget Sound earning a degree in Elementary Education, and a fifth year of study in Library Science. Later she attended L.H. Bates Technical College and completed an Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering. She worked in telephone and answering machine repair.
In 1957, Mary married Elmer Allen, formerly of Beach, ND. They raised three children, George, Grey, and Mary Jo. In 1984, she married Roy Rowley and moved to North Dakota in 1987.
Mary held a number of jobs including operating a second hand store, working as a nurse's aide and a Library Teacher at Reeder and Fort Yates, ND. She also did research in Adams County history, such as coal mining, the use of clay, ranching before 1906, and cemeteries in the county. Mary spent over 50 years researching her family history and helping others research theirs.
In addition to her husband, and her children, she is survived by step children, Toni Wilson, Tina Rowley, Patricia Katz, all in California; Jimmy Allen and Bruce Allen, in North Dakota; 2 sisters, Betty Jane (Leroy) Stover, Tennessee; Shirley Ann (Bruce) Wood, Georgia; and one brother, Robert (Marge) Yohe, North Dakota.
She was preceded in death by her parens, and brother in law, Jim Stover.
Visitation will be on Monday from 1:00 to 5:00pm at the Centennial Chapel of the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger.
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