HEART ATTACK TAKES LIFE OF THOMAS ROWBERRY
Thomas Rowberry, 72, prominent Utah and Idaho stock rancher died suddenly at his home in Idaho Falls Sunday morning following a heart attack.
Mr. Rowberry was born in Erda, Utah on July 17, 1872. He moved to Twin Falls where he lived for a number of years before coming to Idaho Falls over ten years ago.
For more than fifty years he was actively engaged in farming and the sheep business in Utah and Idaho, also homesteading land in the area of Gray, Idaho. He was a parner of Peter Clegg in the sheep industry at Tooele, Utah and an active member of the Woolgrowers Association.
He is survived by his widow Mrs. Annie Simpson Rowberry, and the following sons and daughters; Pharis Rowberry, Battle Mountain, Nevada;Wilbur Rowberry of Payette, Idaho; Mrs. Rowland Russell of Tooele, Utah; Mrs. Ervin Hansen of Pasco, Washington, and Mrs. Joe Call of Idaho Falls.
The following brothers and sisters also survive; Joseph Rowberry of Tooele, Elizabeth Howells of Rexburg, Mrs. Mary Burke of Anaconda, Mont.; Mrs. Stella Gerrard of Tooele; Mrs. Hattie Erickson of Logan, Utah; H.E. Rowberry, A.L. Rowberry and W.H. Rowberry all of Idaho Falls.
Two former wives, Mrs. Hilda Nelson Rowberry of Tooele and Mrs. Bertha Sibbett Rowberry of Gray preceded him in death.
The body is at the Wood Funeral Home. Funeral announcements will be made later.
HEART ATTACK TAKES LIFE OF THOMAS ROWBERRY
Thomas Rowberry, 72, prominent Utah and Idaho stock rancher died suddenly at his home in Idaho Falls Sunday morning following a heart attack.
Mr. Rowberry was born in Erda, Utah on July 17, 1872. He moved to Twin Falls where he lived for a number of years before coming to Idaho Falls over ten years ago.
For more than fifty years he was actively engaged in farming and the sheep business in Utah and Idaho, also homesteading land in the area of Gray, Idaho. He was a parner of Peter Clegg in the sheep industry at Tooele, Utah and an active member of the Woolgrowers Association.
He is survived by his widow Mrs. Annie Simpson Rowberry, and the following sons and daughters; Pharis Rowberry, Battle Mountain, Nevada;Wilbur Rowberry of Payette, Idaho; Mrs. Rowland Russell of Tooele, Utah; Mrs. Ervin Hansen of Pasco, Washington, and Mrs. Joe Call of Idaho Falls.
The following brothers and sisters also survive; Joseph Rowberry of Tooele, Elizabeth Howells of Rexburg, Mrs. Mary Burke of Anaconda, Mont.; Mrs. Stella Gerrard of Tooele; Mrs. Hattie Erickson of Logan, Utah; H.E. Rowberry, A.L. Rowberry and W.H. Rowberry all of Idaho Falls.
Two former wives, Mrs. Hilda Nelson Rowberry of Tooele and Mrs. Bertha Sibbett Rowberry of Gray preceded him in death.
The body is at the Wood Funeral Home. Funeral announcements will be made later.
Gravesite Details
Headstone indicates birth year as 1869, but obituary reads birth year as 1872 which makes his death age 72.
Family Members
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Emma Rowberry
1867–1867
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Joseph Lee Rowberry
1868–1945
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John Franklin Rowberry
1872–1876
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Ida LEE Rowberry Ekman
1873–1926
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Orson "Doc" Rowberry
1875–1910
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Martha Louisa Rowberry
1877–1877
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Eliza Newell Rowberry DeMott Howells
1878–1961
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Stella Rowberry Garrard
1880–1958
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Mary Leone Rowberry Burke
1882–1961
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Harriet Elizabeth Rowberry Erickson
1884–1962
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Harold Edward Rowberry
1886–1973
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Louella Rowberry Longhurst
1888–1928
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Arthur Leroy Rowberry
1891–1952
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William Glen Rowberry
1894–1925
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Horace Wilmer Rowberry
1897–1961
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