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2006
DIED
2006
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Don Cowden Obituary
Graveside service: 3 p.m. Saturday in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Mount Olivet Funeral Home.
Don was born March 22, 1928. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a Shriner. Early in his career, he was a criminal investigator under Sheriff Lon Evans. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Saginaw and attended the Adult 2 Sunday School Class. He had a passion for flying his plane, "Baby Golf," for many years of his life.
A very special thanks goes out to Universal Hospice Healthcare, whose superior care and kindness cannot go without recognition and much appreciation.
Survivors: Loving wife, Valerie Cowden; son Rorie Cowden and wife, Toni; daughter, Janyce McEwen and husband, James; grandchildren, Lane Cowden and wife, Christina, Chase Cowden, Julie Nunez and husband, Darren, and Jill Peters and husband, Mark; five great-grandchildren who adored their "Grandpa Don"; and his sister, Donna Sue McClinton.
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Amy Gonzales-Reyes
April 21, 2006
Rorie, I use to work with you many years ago at Texas Department of Agriculture. My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
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