James-Cowhey-Obituary

James J. Cowhey Sr.

Chicago, Illinois

About

LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois

Obituaries

Send Flowers

James J. Cowhey Sr., age 78, of Lake Forest, Chairman of Land and Lakes Co. of Park Ridge, died August 11, 2002, husband of Marie, nee Roach, for 45 years; father of Cathleen, Mary Margaret, James Jr. (Lisa), Virginia (Preston) Kendall and Eileen (Carl) Sheliga; grandfather of Preston, Connor,...

Read More

Guest Book

Not sure what to say?

Mrs. Cowhey and family,

I am so sorry to hear of Mr. Cowhey's death. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

I know its been years since I have seen any of you but I've always had Uncle Jim and the whole family in my memories. I know how hard it is to lose a loved one so I send you all my love and prayers.

Dear Marie and familie, our deepest sympathy to the loss of Jim our great neighbor. We will remember him always as a very special person.
Our prayers are with you and the Cowhey familie.

Dear Mrs. Cowhey, Jim, Mary Margaret, and Eileen: Please accept my deepest condolences on the loss of your husband and father. It was myp pleasure to work for him for four years and I know he will be missed greatly by you and your family members. I will cherish my memories of him. To me, he was like a dad I had lost when I was 17. I will always remember him with fondness for his charisma, generosity and great sense of humor.

Sincerely,
Larry Emerson
17 August 2002

Mrs. Cowhey and family,
Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your husband, father and grandfather. Jim and my father forged a lifelong friendship led by honesty and integrity. The values of Jim's influence and friendship will always be woven through my heart and memories. He will be deeply missed.

Mary Margaret and family,
I was sorry to read about your father.

My deepest sympathy to the Cowhey family. Cathy - I don't know if you remember me. We were good friends in 5th grade at St. Peter School in Skokie. I happened to see the notice in the paper about your father's passing, and I wanted to express my sympathy to you and your family. I remember your father being such a nice man, and your family being very close. I hope that closeness and your memories of your father bring you comfort. My prayers are with you.

We were very sad to hear of Jim's passing. Please accept our sincere sympathy. We will miss him at the lake.

The ROTARY/One Fishing Fellowship and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Jim. Our heartfelt condloences to Marie and the entire family.

I'm glad we had the chance to share fellowship with Jim and his boys one last time. We will miss him.