Sixteenth Generation

10329. Robert Edmund "Bob" Lowrie was born on 20 August 1921 in Brooklyn, New York City, Kings Co., New York, USA. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Bogota, Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA. He died on 25 August 2009 at the age of 88 in Sun City, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. Bob was buried in Desert View Cmtry., Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA. Burial Plot Section L, Block 1, Lot 56
Find a Grave Memorial ID 63323768
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Robert E. "Bob" Lowrie, 88, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in Sun City. Funeral services were held Aug. 28 at the First Baptist Church of Winslow. Interment was at Desert View Cemetery in Winslow.
He was born on Aug. 20, 1921, in Brooklyn, N.Y. After his father's death when Bob was 9 years old, he was raised in the Masonic Children's Home in Fort Worth, Texas. It was there that he graduated from high school in 1939.
In 1940, Bob was lovingly "adopted" by Karen and Regina Brandon, Eric P. and Madie Arcee Greer Sr., and the entire Greer family.
Bob married Rosalie Thornton on Dec. 12, 1944, in the First Baptist Church of Winslow.
He became a clerk for the U.S. Border Patrol, and then served in the U.S. Army from 1944-46 in Hawaii and Saipan during the Second World War. From 1942-81 he worked for the Santa Fe Railroad and after 40 years, he retired as assistant to the superintendent.
Bob served on the Winslow City Council for two years from 1956-58. He also served his community as president of the Winslow Memorial Hospital Board of Directors when the present building was erected.
He served as deacon in the First Baptist Church of Winslow for over 50 years, where he also taught adult Sunday School classes for 60 years with his gift of teaching the scriptures.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Helen Lowrie; his sister, Dorothy Balcar; his mother-in-law, Florence Thornton; and his brother-in-law, Dr. Jay Gartman.
Arizona Journal
2 September 2009

Robert Edmund "Bob" Lowrie and Rosalie Thornton were married on 12 December 1944 in First Baptist Church, Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA. Rosalie Thornton was born on 5 June 1923 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, USA. She died on 15 October 2017 at the age of 94 in Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA. She was buried on 22 October 2017 in Desert View Cmtry., Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA. Mother: Florence.
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Find a Grave Memorial ID 199986183.
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Here is Rosalie Lowrie’s obituary.
With heavy hearts, at the age of 94, we announce the death of Rosalie Lowrie (Winslow, Arizona), who passed away on October 15, 2017.
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Rosalie Lowrie went home to her Savior Jesus Christ on Oct. 15, 2017. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22, at the First Baptist Church in Winslow.
She was born June 5, 1923, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Her parents were Charles and Florence Thornton. Rosalie graduated from Classen High School in 1941, and attended the University of Oklahoma for one year. She then received a Civil Service appointment as a clerk typist at Tinker Air Force Base.
In Oct. 1943, Rosalie and her mother and sister, JoAnne, moved to Winslow, where Rosalie went to work for the Santa Fe Railroad. Rosalie met her husband, Robert E. (Bob) Lowrie at work and they were married on Dec. 12, 1944. They were going to celebrate 65 years of marriage when Bob died in 2009.
Rosalie became a Christian at 12 years of age. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Winslow for about 60 years. She served the church as director of the Sunday school and the Women’s Missionary Union among many other acts of service. She also served as president of P.E.O. Chapter N and belonged to the Women’s Club and the Winslow Memorial Auxiliary.
Rosalie is survived by her two daughters, Judith Ann Hogan (Orlin) and Janet Lee Boyle (Mark); two granddaughters, Leanne (Sam) Weldin and Dana (Travis) Trompke; four great grandchildren, Kristin and Samuel Weldin, and Megan and Tyler Trompke; her sister JoAnne Gartman; sister-in-law Helen Warmack; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Robert Edmund "Bob" Lowrie and Rosalie Thornton had the following children: