Lucile N. Rowe

LUCILE N. ROWE Memorial services for former area resident, Lucile N. Rowe will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 18 at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Darrell Veach will be officiating. Lucile was born on April 19, 1929 in Steamboat Springs, Colo. the daughter of James and Myrtle (Burton) Bratton. She passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2004 at her home Henderson, Colo. at the age of 75. On March 16, 1946 in Fruita, Colo., Lucile married H.L. “Jay” Rowe, sharing more than 58 years together. Lucile was avid about horses and belonged to the Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Assoc., Cortez Saddle Dusters Club, Excelsior Saddle Club in Avondale, Colo. and the Long Ears Mule Club in Adams County. She also held memberships with the Southwest and Colorado Cowbells. Surviving Lucile are her husband, H.L. “Jay” Rowe of Henderson, Colo.; her son, Alan L. Rowe and wife, Rickie of Cortez; daughter-in-law, Nancy Rowe of Delta, Colo., grandsons, Shannon Rowe of Cortez and Shelby Rowe and wife, Amber of Greeley, Colo., granddaughters, Tracy Rowe of Grand Junction, Colo. and Cassie Rowe of Delta, Colo.; her brother, Neil Bratton and wife, Mary Lou of Grand Junction, Colo.; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Lucile was preceded in death by her son, Byran Rowe in March 1983.