Posted by Terry Powers on December 24, 2022:

WILLIS LOWREY OBITUARY July 3, 1926 - January 9, 2008. Col. Willis H. "Bill" Lowrey, United States Army, (Ret.) passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at the Odyssey House in Colorado Springs. He was retired from the Army and real estate management. Bill was born in Grinnell, Iowa on July 3, 1926. He graduated from Grinnell High School in 1943. He then enlisted in the U.S. Navy. In 1945, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1949. Colonel Lowrey's hobbies and activities included running, tennis, bridge, music, and genealogy. He was a member of Hermon Masonic Lodge of Grinnell, Iowa; American Legion Post 5 of Colorado Springs; the Veterans of Foreign Wars; The Military Officers Association of America; the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society; the Scottish Society of the Pikes Peak Region; and the Argonauts of Colorado Springs. He is survived by his wife: Jean T. Lowrey of Colorado Springs; his children: Becky Vinson of Tazewell, Virginia; Sheryi McWilliams of Lakewood, Colorado; Robert T. Lowrey of Colorado Springs; and Cathryn Wallace of Longmont, Colorado. He is also survived by his sisters: Margaret Bliss of Canon City, Colorado and Patricia Berntsen of Marion, Iowa. He had 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 14, 2008 at the Shrine of Remembrance "America the Beautiful" Chapel of Roses. Private inurnment will follow services at the Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum, Old Glory Columbarium. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 801 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903. Published by The Gazette on Jan. 11, 2008.

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