Richard D Rowlands - age: 78
(July 20, 1941 to December 27, 2019
)
Resident of
Saco, Maine
Visitation Information:
A family service will be scheduled in May 2020.
For those wishing to make memorial contributions in his memory please consider Hospice of Southern Maine 180 US Route one Scarborough, Maine 04074 or to the Pension Boards -United Church of Christ Christmas Fund 75 Remittance Drive Suite 1637 Chicago, Il 60675-1637
Arrangements are by Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home and Cremation 365 Main St, Saco, Maine 04072
Obituary:
Saco, Richard D. Rowlands, 78, of Shadagee Road , passed away Friday December 27, 2019 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born in Manchester, NH July 20, 1941 the son of William and F. Ethel Rowlands.
Richard graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School in 1959, Bates College in 1963, a Masters Degree from Andover Newton Theological School and then to Western Michigan University.
He served as a UCC Minister in East Providence, RI, Auburn, MA and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Richard enjoyed working in the pulpit and with the youth.
He also enjoyed playing the piano, organ, reading about history, the ocean and the early stage of computers.
He and his wife lived at Little Ossipee lake prior to moving to Saco in 2011.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years Elisabeth Rowlands of Saco, a sister Meryl Sclater and husband Neal of Sarasota, FL and a nephew David Sclater and wife Deborah, and 2 nieces Lorelle Harrigan and husband Sean and Audrey Slater.
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