Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 18, Number 11, DeMotte, Jasper County, 6 February 1948 — DELOS ROWEN PASSES AWAY AT HOSPITAL [ARTICLE]

DELOS ROWEN PASSES AWAY AT HOSPITAL

Death of DeMotte Young* Man Follows Long Illness —Services To Be Held Saturday P.M. Delos Anderson Rowen, of DeMotte, son of Charles Rowen of Rensselaer, passed away at Jasper county hospital at three o’clock yesterday morning. The death of the popular young man followed several years of ill health during which time he was afflicted by diabtes, and later by other complications which had combined to hospitalize him on several occasions, both here and in Cincinnati, his former home. Mr. Rowen entered the hospital here seventeen days ago when his condition suddenly became more acute following the development of edema, a disease that results from defective circulation. Soon after his last hospitalization his condition was made more complicated by the development of pneumonia. He was given a blood transfusion which produced the desired results temporarily, but it was necessary to continue blood plasma treatments following periodic relapses. The patient gradually grew weaker under the strain of the combined diseases. He remained conscious until five minutes before death, which came quietly and easily. Mrs. Rowen and his brother, Ross Rowen, of Rensselaer, was with him when he passed away.

Mr. Rowen was born in Parr June 12, 1909, the son of Charles A. Rowen and Barbara (Chupp) Rowen. His boyhood was spenton the farm. Following his grade school days, the family moved to Rensselaer and ho enrolled at Rensselaer high school. He was graduated with the class of 1928. He was a member of the school band and later of the city band. During his high school years he was a member of the relay team which set a mark which still stands as the school’s record. Following his graduation, he went to Cincinnati were he made his home with his brother, 0. P. Rowen, and family and became manager of an A. & P. store. A few years later he and his family moved to DeMotte where his brother, O. P. Rowen, had established a bakeryr“HcT~was with the bakery until World War II began at which time he returnto Cincinnati and took employment with the Milling Machine company. In September, 194 G, he and his family returned to DeMotte and he had since been -identified with the bakery. Mr, Rowen was married to Miss Margaret Blom of Cincinnati on September 25, 1934. To this union were born three children, JoAnn, 12, Delores, 8, and Mary Sue, 2, Surviving are the wife and three children, the father, Charles A. Rowen, two brothers, Ross of Rensselaer, and Orvall P. Row r en of DeMotte, and a sister, Mrs. Herman Heimlich of DeMotte. He was preceded in death by his mother, who passed away in Rensselaer in 1918, and by two brothers, Oyzan and Estel, who Continued on Page 8