James Harold Rowe

James Harold Rowe, one of fourteen children of Cecil Elmer and Lydia E. (Neeman) Rowe, was born on February 3, 1944 in Percival, Iowa. Jim attended country school near his home and later attended school in Farragut and Shenandoah, IA. Jim began helping Gabby and Millie Goodrich at the Skateland Roller Rink in Shenandoah when he was 16 years old and continued helping until the time of his death. The Goodrich's and their daughters Mary Ann and Marcia not only became very good friends, but Jim considered them a part of his family. Jim also worked on their farm for years and loved being on the tractor.
Jim and Roberta (Bobbi) Ilene Miller were united in marriage on October 5, 1971 in Phoenix, Arizona. They made their home in Malvern, Iowa for two years and then lived in Tabor, Iowa for 15 years and Randolph, Iowa for 14 years. Jim and Roberta were blessed with four children, Kenith, Keith, Traci, and Trista. Jim worked as a meat-cutter at Longneckers Restaurant and Omaha Steaks. In 1994, he suffered a heart attack and eventually returned to work until becoming disabled by heart disease in 1998. In 2001, Jim and Bobbi moved to Malvern. Jim and Bobbi had been married 31 years when Jim died at the Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska on February 5, 2003.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Cecil Rowe and Jerry Rowe, sisters Velma Rowe and Lydia Rowe who died in childhood and Pearl Corpron and Wilma McNeeley. Jim is survived by his wife Bobbi Rowe of Malvern; sons Kenith Rowe of Olathe, KS and Keith Rowe of Hastings, IA; daughters Traci Rowe of Omaha and Trista Rowe of Malvern; brothers Virgil Rowe of Fremont, NE, Everett Rowe of Red Oak, IA, Ralph Rowe of Omaha, Darrell Rowe of Colorado, and Elmer Rowe of Arizona; sisters Lorane Cox of Northboro, Iowa and Annabell Rusher of Arizona; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.

Services were held on Saturday, February 8, 2003 at the Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in Malvern.