Robert L. Rowlands

November 27, 2010

Robert L. Rowlands, 77, of Durkee Street, Forty Fort, died Saturday, November 27, 2010, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born in Hazleton and was a son of the late Hugh and Mary Burkey Rowlands. Robert graduated from Hazleton High School and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was a resident of Forty Fort since 1969. He also resided in Stratford, Conn., for 10 years. Prior to his retirement, he was employed in the sale department for Silorsky Aircraft in Stratford. Robert was an active member of Forty Fort United Methodist Church. He served as an usher, was a member of the United Methodist Men and was chairman of the chicken barbecue. He was a life member of the Forty Fort Fire Co. and a member of the American Legion Post 644, Swoyersville. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, the former Ruth E. Paisley; daughters Barbara Schmidt and her husband, Edwin, Nanticoke, and Carol Martin and her husband, Brian, Nanticoke; sons Robert Rowlands and his wife, Renee, Seymour, Conn., and Thomas Rowlands and his wife, Amy, Seymour; sisters Marion Kolb and Betty Shaffer, both of Sugarloaf; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Forty Fort United Methodist Church, Wyoming and Yeager avenues, Forty Fort, with his pastor, the Rev. Donald A. Roberts Sr., officiating. The interment will be private at Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. Friends may call today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave. Forty Fort. Memorial contributions, if desired, can be made to the Forty Fort United Methodist Church, Wyoming and Yeager avenues, Forty Fort, PA 18704.