Our Rowley Family Charts Frank Ferry Rowley Sr. and Thelma Rose Young

1 A020. Social Security Death Index, kept by the US Government, published on the internet and CDROM.

2 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

5 N73. "Frank Rowley Sr.", Kansas Obituary and Death Notice Collection (obituaries); transcriptions, published by GenealogyBuff.com online at http://www.genealogybuff.com/ks/state/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/287; posted 25 August 2011.

6 M309. Barber County, Kansas: History and Genealogy (by Jerry Ferrin and public contributors, at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksbarber/, 2005), WWI Registration Cards.

7 N73. "Frank Rowley Sr.", Kansas Obituary and Death Notice Collection (obituaries); transcriptions, published by GenealogyBuff.com online at http://www.genealogybuff.com/ks/state/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/287; posted 25 August 2011, 2002 - listed in son Frank Rowley's obituary.

8 N73. "Frank Rowley Sr.", Kansas Obituary and Death Notice Collection (obituaries); transcriptions, published by GenealogyBuff.com online at http://www.genealogybuff.com/ks/state/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/287; posted 25 August 2011, 2002.

9 N73. "Frank Rowley Sr.", Kansas Obituary and Death Notice Collection (obituaries); transcriptions, published by GenealogyBuff.com online at http://www.genealogybuff.com/ks/state/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/287; posted 25 August 2011, "Frank Rowley Sr. / Frank Ferry Rowley Sr, 92, of Valley Center, farmer and retired Wichita Fire Department employee, died Jan. 12, 2002. Service was Jan. 16 at First United Methodist Church. Burial was in Sunnydale Park Cemetery.
He was born Aug. 1, 1909, on a ranch southwest of Medicine Lodge in rural Barber County, the son of Orrin F. Rowley and Frances Elizabeth Ogden. At age 9, his family moved to a farm east of Valley Center. He graduated from Valley Center High School in 1929, then attended Friends University. He played football at both schools. He became a Wichita Fire Department fireman in 1931. He married Thelma Rose Young on April 26, 1933, at Moscow. She survives of the home. They had a washing machine rental business until 1943, then purchased a farm north of Valley Center where they lived for the next 59 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Irene Rowley, and three infant siblings.
Other survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law, Frank Jr. and Marilyn Rowley, Larry and Margie Rowley, all of Valley Center; brother, Fred Rowley Sr. of Lebo; nine grandchildren: Fran Wilson of Fort Gibson, Okla, Deborah Stephan of Indianapolis, Ind, Meredith Holdaway of Valley Center, Andrea Rowley of Lenexa, Ryan Rowley of Wichita, Lance Rowley of Wichita, Rhonda Leigh Rowley of Phoenix, Ariz, Rhonda Jean Henderson of Crescent, Okla, Rick Roles of Oklahoma City, Okla, and 18 great-grandchildren: Adam, Eric, Lydia and Luke Wilson; Christopher Pendergraft; Jonathan, Justin, Jessica and Cooper Holdaway; Ben and Derek Rowley; Ashley, Skylar and Taylor Rowley; Heather and Cody Weber; Brittany Singer, and Trystin Roles.
A memorial has been established with Wichita Firefighters in care of Frank Rowley Sr. Memorial Fund, Intrust Bank, Valley Center. Baker Funeral Home had charge."

10 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/, "Thelma Rose Young Rowley, 95, of Valley Center, died Oct. 15, 2005. She was a homemaker and farmer's wife. Service was Oct. 19 at Calvary Baptist Church, Valley Center, with Pastor Doug Fraley officiating.
She was born June 1, 1910, in Liberal, the daughter of Charles Young and Carrie Dotson. She was raised in rural Satanta, where she attended school, graduated and taught in a one-room schoolhouse. She also attended Friends University, where she met Frank F. Rowley Sr. They married April 26, 1933, in Moscow, Kan. He preceded her in death, as did a son, Frank Rowley Jr; her parents; brothers, Chester, Clifford, Ernest and Gale, and a sister, Lavina.
Survivors include her son and daughters-in-law, Larry and Margie Rowley, Marilyn Rowley, all of Valley Center; sister, Juanita Owings; grandchildren, Fran Wilson, Deborah Stephan, Meredith Holdaway, Andrea Rowley, Ryan Rowley, Lance Rowley, Rhonda Leigh Rowley, Rhonda Jean Henderson, Rick Roles; great-grandchildren, Adam, Eric, Lydia and Luke Wilson, Christopher Pendergraft, Jonathan, Justin, Jessica, Cooper and Carson Holdaway, Ben, Derek and Kalin Rowley, Ashley, Skylar and Taylor Rowley, Heather and Cody Weber, Brittany Singer, Trystin Roles, and a great-great-grandchild, Kaylie.
A memorial has been established with the Thelma Rowley Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of Baker Funeral Home. ."

11 N21. Kansas Wichita Eagle Newspaper, "Obituaries," (Wichita, KS), 2005 Oct. 16. "VALLEY CENTER - Rowley, Thelma Rose (Young), 95, homemaker & farmer's wife, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2005. Services pending. Baker Funeral Home."

12 N21. Kansas Wichita Eagle Newspaper, "Obituaries," (Wichita, KS), 2005 Oct. 17. "VALLEY CENTER - Rowley, Thelma Rose (Young), 95, homemaker & farmer's wife, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2005. Visitation 6-8 pm Tuesday, October 18, Baker..."

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