1915
C.
2009
C. George Rowe
February 28, 1915 — June 23, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- George Rowe, 94, of Sioux City died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in Sioux City at a local hospital.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Merrill G. Muller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to christysmith.com.
George was born to Carroll George and Laura (Shear) Rowe at Hampton, Iowa. He grew up and attended school there, graduating from Hampton High School and later attended Montana State College in Bozeman, Mt., to study engineering.
In 1936, he married Viola Reed in Iowa Falls, Iowa. George worked for the Sioux City-based Council Oak food store chain as a grocer for several years after their marriage, before purchasing an oil station named Mid Continent Oil in Sioux City. He later sold the station to return to the grocery business in Des Moines. George later worked in an ordnance plant in Des Moines at the beginning of the war.
Nearing the end of the war, he joined the U.S. Marines Corps. He was stationed at Guadalcanal and later joined the troops in the Battle of Okinawa. George was transferred to Guam for further training when the war ended. He later served in China before he was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1946. After the war, he returned to Iowa, where he went to work for the Iowa State Highway Commission. While working for the state, he resumed his studies by taking correspondence courses in engineering. In 1955, he earned his engineering license.
Work led him to live in Britt, New Hampton and Ames, Iowa, eventually ending up in Sioux City. He retired from the Iowa Department of Transportation in 1978. After his retirement, he and Viola moved to Mesa, Ariz., where they lived for 22 years. They then returned to Sioux City in 2000 to be closer to family. Viola passed away Feb. 24, 2002.
George's hobbies included golf, fishing and handy-man work. His family meant the world to him, and he was very proud of his military service. He was a former member of the Masonic Lodge at Britt, Iowa.
Survivors include a son and his wife, Gary and Debbie Rowe of Sioux City; a daughter, Barbara Rinehart of Coral Springs, Fla.; grandchildren, Toi Mulder, Todd Rowe, Jeffrey Rinehart, Jerry Rinehart and Dawn Kraft; 15 great-grandchildren; and a half-brother, Ralph Aaron of Albuquerque, N.M.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Viola E. Rowe; his parents, Carroll George and Laura Rowe; a brother; and a half-brother.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Merrill G. Muller officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to christysmith.com.
George was born to Carroll George and Laura (Shear) Rowe at Hampton, Iowa. He grew up and attended school there, graduating from Hampton High School and later attended Montana State College in Bozeman, Mt., to study engineering.
In 1936, he married Viola Reed in Iowa Falls, Iowa. George worked for the Sioux City-based Council Oak food store chain as a grocer for several years after their marriage, before purchasing an oil station named Mid Continent Oil in Sioux City. He later sold the station to return to the grocery business in Des Moines. George later worked in an ordnance plant in Des Moines at the beginning of the war.
Nearing the end of the war, he joined the U.S. Marines Corps. He was stationed at Guadalcanal and later joined the troops in the Battle of Okinawa. George was transferred to Guam for further training when the war ended. He later served in China before he was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1946. After the war, he returned to Iowa, where he went to work for the Iowa State Highway Commission. While working for the state, he resumed his studies by taking correspondence courses in engineering. In 1955, he earned his engineering license.
Work led him to live in Britt, New Hampton and Ames, Iowa, eventually ending up in Sioux City. He retired from the Iowa Department of Transportation in 1978. After his retirement, he and Viola moved to Mesa, Ariz., where they lived for 22 years. They then returned to Sioux City in 2000 to be closer to family. Viola passed away Feb. 24, 2002.
George's hobbies included golf, fishing and handy-man work. His family meant the world to him, and he was very proud of his military service. He was a former member of the Masonic Lodge at Britt, Iowa.
Survivors include a son and his wife, Gary and Debbie Rowe of Sioux City; a daughter, Barbara Rinehart of Coral Springs, Fla.; grandchildren, Toi Mulder, Todd Rowe, Jeffrey Rinehart, Jerry Rinehart and Dawn Kraft; 15 great-grandchildren; and a half-brother, Ralph Aaron of Albuquerque, N.M.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Viola E. Rowe; his parents, Carroll George and Laura Rowe; a brother; and a half-brother.
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