CONNERSVILLE- Donna Kay Rowe, 72, passed away at her home Sunday evening June 11, 2017. A daughter of the late Paul and Josephine (Hickman) Thom, Donna was born in Pensacola, Florida on July 26, 1944. She was raised in Cambridge City on Plum Street and attended Lincoln High School. She married Robert M. Rowe in Dublin on July 10, 1961. Following their marriage, they had lived in Straughn and Franklin County before moving to their current home southwest of Connersville in 1989. Donna retired from Visteon after 18 years of service.

Survivors include her husband, Bob Rowe of Connersville; 5 children, Robert A. Rowe of Connersville, Sheila Stilley of Goshen, Amy Dalton of Mishawaka, Ivan Rowe of Connersville and Marvin Rowe of Brownsville; 14 grandchildren; several great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Edith Banks of New Paris, OH and Paulette Spies of Houston, TX.

Donna was preceded in death by 1 sister, Debbie Leisure; 2 brothers, John and Danny Thom.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday June 14, 2017 at the Ebenezer Cemetery, southwest of Straughn on the County Line Road. Rev. J.R. Banks will officiate. The Marshall & Erlewein Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements where

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