Kate was like a member of our extended family. I met her in my early teens and babysat for her son shortly after she and my mother became friends. She was a dear friend to my mother, Maxine Joyce.
For many years my dad and Ray and my mother and Kate celebrated holidays and events together. Ray and Kate built their house only one  house away from my parents.  Most of my life, I lived in NY, but when ever I came home, I visited Kate. She was like an aunt through the years. I have a beautiful wild climbing rose that blooms each spring that Kate dug up from near her home place in Al and gave to my mother.  Kate was a lovely woman loved by many.  Her and Ray's grave is only one grave away from my parents' graves so I will continue to visit her often as I do my mother and dad and Ray. 

Kate was a great Mother-In-Law and was southern hospitality in person! She loved telling stories about her childhood & family, loved her husband Ray dearly, and doted on her grandchildren & great grandchildren.
Now she is with Jesus and other precious loved ones who have gone before.

Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel

Mary Rowell

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Mary Kate Rowell

October 29, 1928 – December 1, 2022

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