Dora Jean Rowland

January 23, 1941 - August 11, 2019

: Name: Dora J Dringenburg

Date of Birth: 23 Jan 1941

Birth Place: Boone, Kentucky, USA

Mother's name: Mary Tanner

Volume Number: 013

Certificate Number: 06321

Volume Year: 1941

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Dora Jean Dringenburg Rowland, born January 23, 1941, in Burlington, Kentucky, daughter of the late Alvin Harold Dringenburg and Mary Loretta Tanner Dringenburg, died peacefully at home on Sunday, August 11, 2019. She was 78. Dora was the kindest and most caring person, loved by everyone she met. She loved playing board games, cards, fishing, genealogy and anything to be around family and friends. She loved vacationing in the mountains of Western North Carolina. She was a lifelong member of Hopeful Lutheran Church, in Florence, Kentucky.

Dora leaves behind: a husband of 55 years, Jim Rowland; two sons, Kevin Rowland (Patch Foster), of Atlanta, Georgia, and Ken Rowland (Vickie Ensor Rowland), of Crestview Hills, Kentucky; two granddaughters, Ruth Lynn Rowland and Mary Margaret Rowland; two brothers, Harold T. Dringenburg (Nancy) and Curt Dringenburg (Joyce); her in-laws, Jean Stephenson (late Don) and Pat Winterman (Bob); and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, who she adored. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Lou Holbrook (late Ray). 

Dora's services will be held on Saturday, August 17, at Hopeful Lutheran Church. The family will receive visitors at 10:00 a.m., with the service following at 11:00 a.m. A reception will be held in the fellowship hall following her burial. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to Hopeful Lutheran Church, Youth and Family Ministry, 6430 Hopeful Church Road, Florence, Kentucky 41042.

Source: Linnemann Funeral Homes website at linnemannfuneralhomes.com