Helen W. Finkle – Rowlett
Helen W. Finkle – Rowlett
Helen W. Finkle – Rowlett
1925-2016
Helen W. (Luther) Finkle-Rowlett, 90, formerly of Maryville, Missouri passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri.
Helen was born in Nodaway County, Maryville, Missouri on October 18, 1925, to Elmer and Rilla Luther, who preceded her in death. They moved to a farm near Maitland, Missouri in 1930.
She went to King Grove Rural School and to Maitland High School, graduating in 1943. After graduating she went to Kansas City and worked in the Federal Resource Bank for nine years, before moving to St. Louis, Missouri. She also went to the American Institute of Banking School in Kansas City. In 1951, she was a delegate to the National Bankers Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
She married Edward Finkle on May 10, 1947, who preceded her in death on December 11, 1992. In 1952, they moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where they lived until 1988.
They had owned and operated their own business (Grocery Store) in Crystal City, Missouri for over 30 years. Crystal City is about 25 miles south of St. Louis.
Helen is a member of the Central Presbyterian Church in Clayton, Missouri (St. Louis County).
In 1994, Helen went to her High School Alumni Banquet at Maitland, Missouri. At the Banquet she saw Melvin Rowlett, who had gone to high school at Maitland. He had graduated in 1941 and went to California for a few years and in the Navy. He had moved to Wichita, Kansas, where he had worked for 29 years at Boeing Aircraft, then to Lenexa, Kansas in 1992.
On August 22, 1995, she married Melvin Rowlett. They moved from Maryville to Kansas City, Missouri on August 21, 1996.
She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Stiens; and many nieces and nephews and step-children, Pamela Taylor of Wilmington, North Carolina, Linda Williams of Wichita, Kansas and Gregory Rowlett of Cypress, California; and several step-grandchildren.
Farewell Services 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Pettijohn & Crawford Family Funeral Service, Mound City, Missouri. Interment Maitland Cemetery, Maitland, Missouri. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service, Pettijohn & Crawford Family Funeral Service.
Online guest book and obituary at www.pettijohncrawford.com.
