Dr. John Putnam Rowell

1913 - 2005  (92 years)

• Name	John Putnam Rowell
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	24 Feb 1913	Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Nov 2005
  Buried	St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, Florida, USA (Saint Bartholomew Episcopal Cemetery
  Person ID	I70365	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	George Peters Rowell, Sr.,   b. 1 Jun 1880, , Elkhart Co, Indiana, USA ,   d. 23 May 1940, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, Florida, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Diana Mason Putnam,   b. 24 Sep 1888, Sturgis, St. Joseph Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 1973  (Age 84 years)
  Married	29 Sep 1909	, Elkhart Co, Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F25131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeanne Fontaine,   b. 2 Oct 1911, New York, USA ,   d. 9 Jun 1992  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F25133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Dr. John Putnam Rowell Dr. John Putnam Rowell, 92, of Highland Farms Retirement Community, Black Mountain, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005. A native of Houston, Texas, he was a son of the late George Peters and Diana Mason Putnam Rowell. Dr. Rowell was a major, serving in the Army Medical Corps during Word War II and practiced medicine in St. Petersburg, Fla., for 33 years. He was a fellow of the American College of Physicians and past president of the Pinellas County (Fla.) Medical Society. He was preceded in death by his first wife of 57 years, Jeanne Marie Fontaine Rowell. Surviving are his wife, Martha Brown Hicks Rowell; two sons, Peter Putnam Rowell (Kathryn) of Louisville, Ky., and Carlton Fontaine Rowell of St. Petersburg, Fla.; daughter, Norma Jean Guinan (Frank) of Tallahassee, Fla.; brother, George Peters Rowell of New York City; five grandchildren, Frances Ann Martindale, Julie Fontaine Rowell, David Putnam Rowell, Cara Parker and Christopher Rowell Tober; and seven great-grandchildren. A service of remembrance will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. James Episcopal Church, of which he was a member, with Father Scott Oxford officiating. Burial will be held at St. Bartholomew Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Fla. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. James Episcopal Church Vestry, P.O. Box 1087, Black Mountain, NC 28711 or The Nature's Conservancy, 1815 N. Lynn St., Arlington, VA 22209. Penland & Sons Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Swannanoa, is caring for the Rowell family. Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=rowell&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=45601842&df=all&