1932
Eileen
2012
Eileen M. "Ikey" Rowe
September 12, 1932 — March 4, 2012
Eileen M. "Ikey" Rowe, 79, of St. Paul died Sunday, March 4, 2012 at the Howard County Medical Center in St. Paul.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church in St. Paul. The Reverend Kati Salmons will officiate. Interment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.
Mrs. Rowe was born September 12, 1932 in Dannevirke, NE to William and Clara (Samuelson) Starkey.
Ikey attended rural schools near Dannevirke and then St. Paul School where she graduated in 1951.
She was united in marriage to Buddy Rowe on December 23, 1951 in Grand Island.
The couple made their home in St. Paul. During their early married life they traveled to various communities in Nebraska while Buddy worked for Albert Neitfelt hauling gravel.
Later Ikey worked for the Whale Café©, Nesiba's Café© and then at the Coast to Coast Store, all in St. Paul. She then worked at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center in Grand Island and then at Heritage Living Center in St. Paul.
Ikey liked playing bingo and watching the western channel on television. She was an avid Nebraska Husker fan in all sports and Atlanta Braves fan. She also had done a lot of quilt work.
Ikey was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in St. Paul.
Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law, Rick and Jacquie Rowe of Westminster, CA, Rod Rowe of St. Paul and Rusty and Kim Rowe of York; one daughter and son-in-law, Shelly and Tony Trump of Waverly; seven grandsons and four granddaughters; two step grandsons; four great-granddaughters and one great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Buddy on April 21, 1994; one brother, LaVerne Starkey; and five sisters, Lucille Graus, Dorothy Ambroz, Leila Hansen, Betty Smith and Bernice Grammar.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church in St. Paul. The Reverend Kati Salmons will officiate. Interment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.
Mrs. Rowe was born September 12, 1932 in Dannevirke, NE to William and Clara (Samuelson) Starkey.
Ikey attended rural schools near Dannevirke and then St. Paul School where she graduated in 1951.
She was united in marriage to Buddy Rowe on December 23, 1951 in Grand Island.
The couple made their home in St. Paul. During their early married life they traveled to various communities in Nebraska while Buddy worked for Albert Neitfelt hauling gravel.
Later Ikey worked for the Whale Café©, Nesiba's Café© and then at the Coast to Coast Store, all in St. Paul. She then worked at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center in Grand Island and then at Heritage Living Center in St. Paul.
Ikey liked playing bingo and watching the western channel on television. She was an avid Nebraska Husker fan in all sports and Atlanta Braves fan. She also had done a lot of quilt work.
Ikey was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in St. Paul.
Survivors include three sons and two daughters-in-law, Rick and Jacquie Rowe of Westminster, CA, Rod Rowe of St. Paul and Rusty and Kim Rowe of York; one daughter and son-in-law, Shelly and Tony Trump of Waverly; seven grandsons and four granddaughters; two step grandsons; four great-granddaughters and one great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Buddy on April 21, 1994; one brother, LaVerne Starkey; and five sisters, Lucille Graus, Dorothy Ambroz, Leila Hansen, Betty Smith and Bernice Grammar.
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