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Ross Sowers
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[January
11, 2011]
MIDDLETOWN -- Ross A. Sowers, 72, of
Middletown, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at 12:24 p.m. at St. John's
Hospital in Springfield.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. His funeral
will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev.
Robert Irvin officiating. |
Burial will be in Graceland Fairlawn Cemetery,
Decatur. Mr. Sowers retired from Kelly
Construction of Decatur.
He served in the National Guard.
He was born Dec. 16, 1938, in Decatur. His
parents were Thural and Nellie Camp Sowers. He
married Loretta Noon on Aug. 3, 1968, in Decatur.
He is survived by his wife, of Middletown; one
son, Richard (and Robin) Sowers of Decatur; four
daughters, Debra Roles of Decatur, Sheila (and
Lance) Mahan of Paducah, Ky., Carol (and Stephan)
Upshaw of Downers Grove and Jody Jones of Bethlehem,
Ga.; five grandchildren, Julia Roles, Shelby Sowers,
Emily Sowers, Benjamin Upshaw and Zachary Upshaw;
six brothers, Robert Sowers, Wayne (and Rosemary)
Sowers, Rex (and Nancy) Sowers, Eugene (and Rosie)
Sowers, Darrell (and Linda) Sowers and Gary Sowers,
all of Decatur; and two sisters, Virginia Foster of
Riverside, Calif., and Carol (and Jim) Shafer of
Decatur.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one
brother, Marvin. |
He was a member of the Illinois Live Steamers
Association, Florida Live Steamers Association and
St. Louis Live Steamers Association.
Memorials may be made to Middletown United
Methodist Church.
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