Columbia City High School
Alumni Database


HOME * = Has Email ** = Deceased

Tips for Entering Your Profile 

UPDATE ENTRY UPLOAD PHOTOS ADD A NAME WEBMASTER
MAIN INDEX CLASS OF 1942 CLASS MEMORIES REUNION INFO

 
   
Name: Murray Lender Rowland
Spouse: Jeanette Stump Rowland
Address
DECEASED 2009,
Phone Number
Email Address
Personal Website

Class of

1942 Attended from through

Graduated Here?

Yes   

If graduated elsewhere, graduated from:

College Attended:

     
Birthdate: March 14, 1924   
Date of Death: May 22, 2009  
       

Current Occupation:

 

Notes:

Murray Lender Rowland, 85, a Noble Township, Noble County farmer, died at 4:53 am Friday, May 22, 2009 in the Hospice Home in Fort Wayne.

He was born at Blue Lake near Churubusco on March 14, 1924, a son of John William and Lalah Zolman Rowland. His formative years were spent in Noble and Whitley counties and he graduated from the Columbia City High School in 1942.

In June 1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Marines and served until June 1946.

In addition to farming, he was employed by the Dana-Weatherhead Corporation in Columbia City, retiring as a machinist with forty-four years of service.

On February 3, 1951 he was united in marriage to Jeanette Stump and they spent their married life on the same farm near Burr Oak. She preceded him in death on April 5, 2005.

He was a member of the Albion American Legion Post #246.

The surviving relatives include two sons, John E. Rowland, Winston-Salem, NC and Dennis J. Rowland, Burr Oak; two brothers, Walter Rowland, Columbia City, Curtis Rowland, Warsaw; two sisters, Clara Belle Ressler, Columbia City and June Wilson, Michigan.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ellis Cunningham and Mark Rowland; three sisters, Nellie Duggins, Jean Hansen and Shirley Rowland.

The funeral service will be held at 10:30 am Wednesday in the Smith and Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. The burial will be in the Christian Chapel Cemetery at Merriam with the Albion American Legion Post presenting military honors. The visitation will be from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity.

Condolences may be sent to www.smithandsonsfuneralhome.com
 
Last Updated: 05-27-2009 Alumni ID: 25759
Database Footer

Class Coordinators needed.  If your class does not have a Class Coordinator listed with its officers, you can volunteer by clicking here: webmaster@cchsaa.org.  For more info, click here


© 2005 Columbia City High School Alumni Association     This page last modified 09/27/2006