Gladys M. Rowe

September 5, 2007

???????????????????????????????????????????????? ROWE ????????????????????????????????????????????? Gladys M. Gladys M. Rowe, 100, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2007, in San Juan Capistrano, CA, at the home of her daughter, where she had been living for the past nine months. A 71 year resident of Toledo, she was born November 7, 1906, in Wauseon, OH and was the eldest child and only daughter of Alfred J. and Lillian (Robinson) Winzeler. Gladys attended one-room schools in rural Fulton County and was a 1925 graduate of Delta High School. On August 25, 1928, she married James T. Rowe, also of the Delta High School Class of ‘25, who was employed by Standard Oil Company (SOHIO), for 30 years, in Toledo. Gladys has been a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church for 50 years; and an active member of Stella Chapter, O.E.S. for 55 years. She attended Tri-State Business College for one year after which she began working as a PBX operator and an accounts payable bookkeeper in 1926, for Kopf Chevrolet Motor Sales, on Jefferson Avenue. Gladys maintained this position consistently for nine years during the Depression, leaving only to begin a family. The widow of James "Jim" Rowe, (dec'd 1978), Gladys is survived by her daughter, Ruth Milversted of San Juan Capistrano, CA; twin sons, James T. Rowe and John A Rowe both of Toledo and Lowell E. (Gloria) Rowe of Pomona, CA; grandchildren, Jeffrey R. Doner (CA), Teresa Morris (FL), Lisa (Tom) Wilson (FL), James R. (Marianne) Rowe (FL), Eugene J. Rowe, John A. Rowe Jr. (Toledo), Mary Rowe-Sell (VA) and Rodney Stauffer (CA); 14 great-grandchildren and nephews, Jack Rowe (MI) and Donald Winzeler (Toledo). Friends are invited to visit from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, in the Ansberg-West Funeral Home, 3000 Sylvania Avenue, (between Douglas and Secor Roads), where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday.?Pastor Lori Ann?Strang will officiate. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. in Union Cemetery, Wauseon, OH. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made, in Gladys' name to Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1702 Upton Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43607. ?