Loretta Carole Rowan

1934 - 2016

Loretta Carole Rowan, 81, of Buffalo Township, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, surrounded by her family at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights. Carole was born in Greensburg on June 19, 1934. She was a daughter of the late George R. and Mayme Bartony Bowser. She was the widow of Homer Clair Rowan, who passed on May 18, 2015. Carole was a longtime member of Lighthouse Fellowship Center in Sarver. She had worked at DuCo Ceramics in Saxonburg for 25 years, retiring in 1999. She had also worked as a nurse's aide at Allegheny Valley Hospital before starting her family. She was a member of the Ship of Joy Ministries, Monroe Women's Club and had taught Bible study to the youth at her church. Carole enjoyed wedding planning. She would organize, decorate and make beautiful cakes for the weddings she worked on. Carole also enjoyed flower arranging, baking cookies and cakes and sewing. She was also a beautiful singer and a wonderful mother. Carole is survived by five daughters, Tina K. (Phillip) Babinsack, of Buffalo Township, Lucinda M. (Joseph) Thompson, of Buffalo Township, Kathleen E. Rowan, of Buffalo Township, Judith D. (Kenneth) Edinboro, of Butler, and Joy L. Caporali, of Buffalo Township; and her three sons, Jesse C. (Debbie) Rowan, of Buffalo Township, Ernest T. (Donna) Rowan, of Virginia, Minn., and John M. (Carrie) Rowan, of Punxsutawney. She is also survived by 30 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; her brother, George R. Bowser, of Beaver; and her sister, Darlene Monte, of East Palestine, Ohio. She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Michael Rowan; and a great-granddaughter, Scarlett Anastasia Thompson.
Family and friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 3, in the REDMOND FUNERAL HOME INC., 524 High St., Freeport. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2016, at the Lighthouse Fellowship Center on Parker Road in Sarver. Burial will be held in Mt. Airy Cemetery in Natrona Heights.
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