Alvin B. Rowe
Alvin B. Rowe
9/8/1940-04/01/2023
Most commonly known as “Al,” or “Bud,” short for “Rosebud” which was derived from his father’s nickname “Rosie” died peacefully at home with his wife by his side releasing him into the Lord’s good and faithful hands. Before becoming our brother, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, he served our country for four years as a linguist in the United States Air Force. Asked his wife of 56 years to marry him on the second date because he thought she might say no on the first. She reported that she wasn’t sure what she had gotten into when he slammed on the brakes, jumped out of the car and started shooting at a jackrabbit. That was rural Idaho in the sixties! He was a cryptanalyst for the NSA, railroad worker, shoe and sporting goods salesman, computer systems analyst, published author, National Recreation Area Guide, Wheel of Fortune destroyer, (he would always solve the puzzle with only 2 letters up on the board and aggravate everyone) and an avid western watcher. Growing up on the outskirts of the Idaho state fairgrounds, in Blackfoot, he was an active outdoorsman who loved and respected nature and animals much as the Native Americans would. He loved to camp even in the winter with a foot of snow on the ground, “Why on earth would you do that?” His response would be, “No bugs.” He grew up hunting and fishing wherever he lived or got the opportunity. His final fishing trip was just off his dock only two weeks before his passing, where he caught three nice sized fish. “Al” is predeceased by his father Francis Noel “Rosie” Rowe, mother Lily Elaine Rowe and his brother Douglas Rowe who was killed in action in during the Vietnam War while staying behind to save his platoon. He is survived by his wife Julie Rowe, son Alan, daughter Lori and her husband Sean, brother Steve, sisters Elaine and Leslie, 7 grandkids and 3 great grandkids. He interred at Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery.
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