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Emily A. Rowland
Posted 4/2/07
Emily A. Rowland, 95 LEWES - Emily A. Rowland of Lewes passed away Saturday, March 31, 2007, in Beebe Medical Center in Lewes. She was 95. She was born Oct. 9, 1911, in Dagsboro, daughter of the late …
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Emily A. Rowland
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Emily A. Rowland, 95
LEWES - Emily A. Rowland of Lewes passed away Saturday, March 31, 2007, in Beebe Medical Center in Lewes. She was 95.
She was born Oct. 9, 1911, in Dagsboro, daughter of the late Benjamin Truitt Adkins and Amelia (Collins) Adkins.
Mrs. Rowland was a lifelong resident of Sussex County; the youngest in a family of eight children.
She was also the oldest living member of Lewes Presbyterian Church.
She was a member of the Sussex County Heart Association often serving on the Heart Association Ball Committee.
Mrs. Rowland was a charter member of the Rehoboth Beach Country Club and played with the Ladies Golf Team.
She was active in the Sussex County Republican Club and enjoyed playing bridge, cooking, and entertaining.
She loved tailgating at University of Delaware football games and wintering in Barbados and Vero Beach, Fla.
During World War II she volunteered with the Red Cross and when the CCC Camp was in Lewes, she worked with the Gray Ladies.
She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Capt. James Wright Rowland in 2001; and her seven siblings.
She is survived by two daughters, Jay and her husband, John D. Hukill of Pinewater Farm and Margaret Webb of Lewes; five grandchildren, Charlotte H. Passwaters and her husband, Colter, Sarah H. Berninger and her husband, Michael, James Rowland Hukill and his wife, Sabrina, Amy W. West and her husband Joe, and Abby R. Webb and her finance, Andrew Hooven; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; numerous nieces and nephews and their families; and one sister-in-law, Thelma J. Rowland and her family.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday in Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
The Rev. Harry Hughes will be officiating.
A graveside service will follow at All Saints Cemetery, Beaver Dam Road, near Angola.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Lewes Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 612, Lewes, DE 19958.
