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2019
Elray Dow Obituary
Was born in Utah on November 27, 1943, to James Rayburn Dow and Merle Howlett Dow Law.
On Monday, June 3, 2019 he passed away surrounded by family in Sun City West, AZ.
He met the love of his life, Janet Elizabeth Colbert, at the Utah state fair in 1962. They married on August 24th, 1963.
Survived by his wife, daughters; Catrina (Brian King), Sarah (Curtis Welcome), Ann (Lance Morris); He had one son, Stephen (Lori); 10 Grandchildren; James, Jeffrey (Lori), Lindsey (Scott), Hillary (Josh), Trevor, Jessica-Elaine, Patrick, Alexander, Caitlyn & Nolan.
Elray is preceded in death by, Mother, Father, Brother Shelby & an infant sister.
He retired as a Lieutenant after 25 years with the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office. He was a salesman in the fireworks industry for 35 years.
He spent his later years traveling with Janet, eating delicious food, and simply enjoying his life. Rowdy is famous for his sense of humor. He will be missed dearly by many family and friends.
Celebration of life will be held on August 10th, 2019 at Bridlewood Villas ClubHouse (2018 W 9270 S, West Jordan, Utah) between 1PM - 4PM.
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Kathy-Lee and Craig Christensen
June 20, 2019
W loved this guy! We started out as neighbors in Sandy, Utah. We bonded immediately! Elray and I argued over politics and any other thing that would get each other's goat! Janet and Craig would just smile and wave! We decided to paint our house and we thought we would try our shed first. Elray came over and OH NOI am not going to live next to somebody with a PINK house. Actually, he was so right and we toned down the color from Pepto Bismo Pink to Desert Sand! Elray approved!
When we moved overseas, we missed them tremendously. After we bought our house in Sun City West, we went to visit Elray and Janet and talked Sun City West up so much that they came to stay in our house when we went back to Lithuania. Elray took care of our finances and organized everything while we were gone. They liked Sun City West so much, they bought a homethank God!
We loved our time together. When we would go out to dinner, we would plan on a three-hour event as Elray ate SLOWER than anyone on the planet. Also, he was our point man if we needed anything because Elray could ALWAYS find it at an estate sale! By the way, all the sales people at the estate sales knew Elray by his first name!!!!! Elray would drive 20 miles to save two pennies per gallon on gas Janet would just smile and say, Oh well! No matter what you told Elray, he was gong to SNOPE it to get to the bottom truth and I mean NO MATTER WHAT!
We will miss you DEAR FRIEND! We loved your intellect and sense of humor. You were the friend we could always depend on when we
needed you! You were just a good ol' boy and we mean that from the bottom of our hearts!
Always in our hearts,
Kathy-Lee and Craig
June 18, 2019
Jan and family
We are so sorry to hear about Elray. He was such a good person and a great neighbor. he had integrity and a lot of class. You could tell he enjoyed his life and loved you and his family so much. He will be missed.
Hank and Dee Miller
Carol & Tom Fuller
June 15, 2019
Dear Jan & family, it has been an honor knowing all of you in AZ. We will forever miss Rowdy, our talks, our Tequila sharing, his estate & garage sale buys, our dinners out, his sharing of Group ons, our talks about politics, reminiscing, sharing movies, sharing cacti plantings, oh my gosh the list goes on & on. Our hearts ache with yours. Rest in peace my friend and be the angel on our shoulders. Love, Carol & Tom
June 13, 2019
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.
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