ROWLEE, (Mrs.) Mary R.
"Mrs. Mary R. Rowlee.
BEND, Or., Nov. 21 -(Special.)-Funeral services for Mrs. Mary R.
 Rowlee, 91, resident of Bend in 1904, when this town was a small
 village, are to be held here tomorrow afternoon.  The burial 
will be in Portland.  Mrs. Rowlee was a native of Michigan.  She
 is survived by a daughter, Mrs. A. R. Johnson, Bend;  a son, C.
 M. Rowlee, Lancaster, O.;  a grandson, C. O. Johnson, Cisco, 
Tex.;  a granddaughter, Mrs. J. A. Boyd, and three 
great-grandchildren, all of New Haven, Conn."

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ROWLEY, Alta Irene (Mrs. Earl)
"Alta I. Rowley
  "Funeral for Alta Irene Rowley, a past royal matron in the 
Parkrose Court of the Order of the Amaranth, will be at 11 a.m. 
Thursday in Pearson Allen Funeral Home.
  "Mrs. Rowley, who had lived at 4724 NE 104th Ave., died Sunday
 in a local hospital.  She was 80.
  "Born in Nebraska, Mrs. Rowley lived in the Portland area since
 1941.
  "She is survived by her husband, Earl; sisters, Gertie Philips 
and Ann Hardy of Portland; brothers, Russell and Stan Stoughton 
of Denver and John Stoughton of Portland; and a niece.
  "Interment will be in Sunset Hills Cemetery."

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ROWLEY, Andrew S.
"ANDREW S. ROWLEY
  "Funeral for Andrew S. Rowley, 78, of 6515 SE 46th Ave., will 
be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Edward Holman & Son.  Committal will be
 private at Lone Fir Cemetery.
  "Mr. Rowley died at a local hospital Tuesday.  He was born Aug 
11, 1881, in Nebraska, coming to Portland in 1890.  He worked on 
the old Bull Run ditch about 1900 and the old Morrison Bridge 
before working in the transfer business.  He was with the East 
Side Transfer Co. for 45 years.
  "Surviving are two sisters, Mary J. McClune and Mrs. Nora Grace 
Davis, Portland; and several nieces and nephews."
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ROWLEY, (Mrs.) Beulah
"Woman Succumbs At Pearson Field Celebration
  "Vancouver, Wash., July 24.--Mrs. Beulah Rowley, 50, of 3215 V
 street, died 
Friday night at 10:30 o'clock, a few seconds after starting to 
dance at the celebration at Pearson field held for members of the 
Spanish War Veterans organization and their auxiliary.  Death was 
the result of a heart attack believed brought on by overwork in 
preparation for the state convention.
  "Mrs. Rowley had been prominent in veterans' circles here for 
years, was a past president of the Margaret Wolf auxiliary and of 
the auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.  She had worked 
hard preparing for the convention and Friday afternoon had been 
hostess for past presidents of the organization.
  "Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock 
in Limber's chapel, with the Rev. Roy Parcell officiating.  
Interment will follow in the Vancouver Barracks cemetery.
  "Surviving are her husband, Elnathan; one daughter, Mrs. 
Blanche Anderson of Vancouver Barracks; three sisters, Mrs. Cora
 Roberts, Mrs. Viola Engbery and Mrs. Letha Bloomquist of 
Portland; also, two brothers, William Freeman of Cathlamet and 
Wayne Freeman of Portland."

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ROWLEY, Dale
"Dale Rowley
  "The funeral for Dale T. Rowley of Forest Grove was Saturday. 
 Vault internment (sic) was in Mountain View Memorial Gardens in 
Forest Grove.
  "Mr. Rowley died of cancer Thursday at an area hospital.  He 
was 52.
  "Mr. Rowley was born in Wauneta, Neb., and received his 
education there.  He became a carpenter and worked as a general 
contractor in Washington County after moving to Forest Grove in 
1965.  He retired in 1981.
  "Surviving are his wife, Janice; two sons, Jim of Denver and 
Joe of Gaston; a daughter, Dana Gore of Forest Grove; three 
brothers, Dean of Milwaukie and Bob Page and Jim Page, both of 
Costa Mesa, Calif.; a sister, Sharon Page of Costa Mesa; his 
stepfather, Lloyd Page of Manhattan Beach, Calif.; one grandson 
and four grandchildren (sic)."

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ROWLEY, Dick and George
"Father, Son Reunited In Hospital After Half Century
  "GRANTS PASS (AP) -- Aftger more than a half century, a father
 and son were reunited here this week at Josephine General 
Hospital where the faterh is a patient and the son is staff 
pharmacist.
  "Dick Rowley, 92, dean of the Oregon Caves Guides for more than
 40 years, met his 61-year-old son, George, for the first time 
since approximately 1906.  Positive identification was 
established by means of a tattoo mark on the father's left 
forearm.
  "So George, who had been under the impression that his father 
was dead for the past 55 years, was convinced when he saw the 
tattooed initials which his mother had described in detail to him
 during his childhood.
  "When George was a very young boy, his parents separated and 
the father had promised never to interfere with the boy, nor make
 himself known to the lad.  During recent years, Dick's sister 
had offered many times to help locate George, but being faithful
 to a promise made many years ago, Dick refused to allow her to 
help.
  "George, who for years has thought he had only one near 
relative, now finds himself a member of a large (family of?) 
father, aunts, uncles (and?) numerous cousins."

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ROWLEY, Dorothy
"Business Notable (picture included)
  "DOROTHY ROWLEY is branch manager for new northeast office of 
Stan Wiley, Inc., real estate, at 1882 NE 122nd Avenue.  She is a
 member of Multiple Listing, Portland Board of Realtors and 
National Institute of Real Estate Brokers."

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ROWLEY, Earl
"Earl Rowley
  "Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Pearson-Allen Funeral 
Home for Earl Rowley, 82, a carpenter who died Monday at his 
Northeast Portland home.  Burial will follow at Sunset Hills.
  "Born in Nebraska, Mr. Rowley lived in Portland 40 years.  He 
was a member of Parkrose Masonic Lodge No. 179; Parkrose Court, 
Order of Amaranth; Oregon White Shrine; Parkrose Lions Club and 
Carpenters Union Local No. 226.
  "Survivors include a daughter, Irene Chambers of Portland; a 
sister, Frances Colman of Payette, Idaho; three grandchildren; 
and four great-grandchildren.
  "The family suggests that remembrances be contributions to the
 Oregon Eye Bank."

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ROWLEY, Ernest E.
"Ernest E. Rowley
  "Funeral for Ernest E. Rowley, who resided at 2717 NE 122nd 
Ave., will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Gateway Little Chapel of
 the Chimes.  Private interment will be in Skyline Memorial 
Gardens.
  "Mr. Rowley, who was 80, died at a Portland hospital Sunday.  
He was a native of Norton, Kan., and moved to Portland in 1947.
  "He was a grocery store operator and a member of the Sacramento
 Street Baptist Church.
  "Surviving are his wife Orby M., Portland; sons Willard, 
Milwaukie, and Nial, Redwood City, Calif.; two stepdaughters, 
Charolette Walt, Waldport, and Vera Eicher, Troutdale; one 
stepson, Orville Kuffler, Portland, and two grandchildren.
  "The family suggests remembrances be contributions to the 
Ernest Rowley memorial fund at the Sacramento Street Baptist 
Church."

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ROWLEY, Floy Margaret
"Floy M. Rowley
  "Floy Margaret Rowley, a lifetime resident of Portland and a 
descendant of Portland pioneers, died Friday in Kaiser Sunnyside 
Hospital.
  "Born Oct. 15, 1895, Mrs. Rowley was active in Catholic and 
Navy societies.
  "Rosary for Mrs. Rowley will be said at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in 
Hennessey, Goetsch & McGee Mortuary.
  "Interment in Mount Calvary Cemetery will follow a Mass of 
Christian burial to be held at 9 a.m. Monday in St. Mary's 
Cathedral.
  "Surviving are sons, Donald S., Roy, and Richard F., all of 
Portland; and seven grandchildren.
  "The family suggests remembrances be contributions to the 
Christ Child Society or Oregon Heart Fund."
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ROWLEY, Harold
"HAROLD ROWLEY
  "Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Johns Funeral Home
 for Harold Rowley, Box 250, Portland, who died Sunday at St. 
Vincent's Hospital.
  "Mr. Rowley was born at Ottowa, Kansas, Aug. 10, 1899.  He was 
an employe (sic) in Portland of Zidell Machinery and Supply Co.
  "He was a member of the Eagles and the Boilermakers Union.
  "Surviving are the widow, Louise Clifton Rowley; sons, Harold 
James Rowley, Bakersfield; William Eugene, Japan; sisters, Mrs. 
Glen Bunton, Coalinga and Mrs. E. W. Holden, Cutler; brothers, 
Roy L. Rowley, Portland; Ora, East Oakland; Vance, Vancouver;  
Richard, Visalia; Lynn, Fort Lewis; and Alva Moore, Nevada, and 
two grandchildren."

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ROWLEY, John
"Janitor Is Killed In Stairway Fall
  "John Rowley, 52, janitor at a rooming house at 1004 Southwest 
Clay street, who evidently received skull fracture late Monday 
when he fell down a stairway to his basement apartment, was dead 
when discovered this morning.  Rowley was intoxicated when last 
seen at 6  p.m. Monday by the proprietress, Mrs. R. R. Peat.  Her
 grandson, Robert Ratcliff, 12, discovered Rawley's (sic) body."

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ROWLEY, Lee E.
"LEE E. ROWLEY (picture included)
  "Lee E. Rowley, 65, a machinist, died Saturday.  He had lived 
at 7018 NE Mallory Ave.  Surviving are his widow, Floy; sons 
Donald, Richard and R. Malcolm, and two grandchildren.  For 25 
years Mr. Rowley had worked at the Willamette Iron & Steel Co., 
and the Northwest Marine Iron Works.  He had been a member of 
the International Assn. of Machinists, Local 63, for more than 40
 years.
  "Rosary will be said Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Hennessey, Goetsch
 & McGee funeral home and Requiem Mass will be Wednesday at 9:30
 a.m. at Holy Redeemer Church.  Interment will be at Mt. Calvary.
  The family suggests that rememberances be made in the form of
 donations to Medical Research Foundation of Oregon at the 
University of Oregon Medical School."

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ROWLEY, Leona M.
"Leona M. Rowlee (sic)
  "Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, at Batman's Chapel 
of the Dawn for Mrs. Elton (Leona M.) Rowlee, 45, who died 
Monday.  She lived at 2607 SE 119th avenue.
  "She was born at Tecumseh, Neb., and had lived in Portland 10 
years.  Surviving are her husband, three children, Wesley, Jesse 
and Mayrenne, all of Portland, three sisters, including Mrs. 
Helen Curtis, Portland, and three brothers.  Burial will be at 
Skyline Memorial gardens."

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ROWLEY, Marion L.
"Marion L. Rowley
  "Funeral for Marion L. Rowley, a retired carpenter, was 
Saturday in Hillside Chapel at Oregon City, followed by private 
burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
  "Mr. Rowley, who died Thursday in a Milwaukie nursing home, was
 73.
  "Born in Nebraska, he had lived in Oregon City and Meadowbrook 
before moving to Milwaukie.
  "Mr. Rowley is survived by two sons, Dean of Milwaukie and Dale
 of Forest Grove, two brothers, Don of Mulino and Hugh of 
Oakland, Calif.; three sisters, June Secore of Salem, and Fern 
Davis and Fauneil Fosnot, both of Forest Grove; and three 
grandchildren."

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ROWLEY, Marjorie F. (Mrs. Willard H.)
"MARJORIE F. ROWLEY
  "Funeral for Majorie (sic) F. Rowley, 15107 SE Fir Oaks Ave, 
Oak Grove, was Monday at the Milwauke (sic) Funeral Home.  She 
died Thursday in a local hospital.
  "Born in Oregon City, Sept. 17, 1921, Mrs. Rowley was employed 
as a beautician.
  "She is survived by the widower, Willard; three sons, Delmer, 
Michael and Robert Furrer, all Oak Grove; her mother, Mrs. Pearl 
Lilly, Oak Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Celestial Harris, Los 
Angeles, Mrs. Meredith Keler, Portland; and two brothers, Earl 
Lilly, Portland, and Robert Lilly, Milwaukie.
  "Interment was at Skyline Memorial Gardens."

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ROWLEY, (Mrs.) Martha I.
"Martha I. Rowley
  "Martha I. Rowley of 322 SE 61st St. died Saturday at age 87.
  "Mrs. Rowley, who had lived in Portland since 1952, was born in
 Rockwood Jan. 8, 1886.  The Rockwood Hartley School was named 
after Mrs. Rowley's grandfather, who was an early settler there.
  "A member of St. Aldans Episcopal Church, Mrs. Rowley also had 
belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Spanish-American War
 Veterans Auxiliary while a resident of Vancouver.
  "Survivors are her sons, Harold R. Cook of Indio, Calif., and 
Francis W. Cook of Portland; her daughter, Eva M. Child of 
Portland; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren."

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ROWLEY, (Mrs.) Martha Swart
"Mrs. Martha S. Rowley
  "Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Swart Rowley, 45, of 1809 S. 
W. 6th avenue, who died at a local hospital Wednesday, will be 
held in Salem.  The body is at Finley's and will be taken to 
Rigdon's chapel in Salem Friday.  Mrs. Rowley was born June 26, 
1892, in Woodburn.  She lived in Portland 12 years.  She was the
 wife of H. H. Rowley, Portland, and the sister of Renska Martin,
 Hedda Swart, Mrs. Wikje Winslow of Salem and Addie Swart, Los 
Angeles.  Mrs. Rowley, a pianist and organist, has been a member
 of a number of orchestras and played in several Portland 
theatres (sic)."

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ROWLEY, Myra (Calvert) (Mrs)
"Myra Rowley
  "Myra (Calvert) Rowley, who lived at 13033 SE Holgate Blvd., 
died Friday in a local hospital.
  "Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Davy Sunnyside Chapel
 with private interment in Rose City Cemetery.
  "Mrs. Rowley was born March 6, 1889, in Howard County, 
Nebraska.  She was 84.
  "She is survived by one brother, Ralph J. Waters, in 
California, and by two nieces."

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ROWLEY, Nancy J. (Garry E.)
"Nancy Rowley
  "Nancy Rowley of Beaverton died Thursday of a heart attack in a
 Portland hospital.  She was 25.
  "A memorial service will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Valley 
Presbyterian Church, with entombment at Sunset Hills Memorial 
Park Mausoleum preceding the service.
  "Mrs. Rowley was born in San Jose, Calif., and moved to the 
Portland area at the age of 5.  She is survived by her husband 
Garry, a son, Bron; a daughter, Brie Ann; her parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Robert Lee, of Portland; and a brother, Thomas Lee of 
Portland.
  "The family sugest remembrances be contributions to the 
American Heart Association."

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ROWLEY, Richard W. (see also ROWLEY, Dick)
"IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE JOURNAL MAN By Fred Lockley 7-19-28
  "His parents named him Richard W. Rowley, but Richard long ago
 became "Dick".  We sat down together recently at the Oregon 
Caves and he told me something of his work as chief guide of the 
Marble Halls of Oregon.
  "I was born in Illinois on December 6, 1869," he said.  "I went 
to Colorado as a boy and became a hard-rock miner.  I worked for 
six years at Aspen, Colo.  I worked at the 3000-foot level of the 
Della S., a silver and lead mine.  Later I was employed to open 
up the Cave of the Winds, near Colorado Springs.  I came to 
Oregon 26 years ago.  I worked for a while in the Shorty Hope 
mine, near Ashland.  In 1910, I went to work for the government 
as custodian of the Oregon Caves.  At that time there was no road 
in to the caves.  There were two trails, one by way of Holland 
and one by Williams creek.
  "The first year I was here we had 283 visitors at the caves.  
Some of the people came on horseback, but for the most part they 
came afoot, over the 10-mile trail from Williams creek.  In those
 days this was a wild country.  There were lots of cougar, bear 
and deer in the hills.  Since the game refuge has been created 
here at the caves the deer seem to know they are safe.  If you 
drive to or from the caves in the early morning or about dusk you
 are apt to see quite a number of deer crossing the road.  The 
government set this aside as a national monument in 1909.  The 
first year I was here as custodian the government paid me a 
regular salary and I put in most of my time exploring the caves.
  There were no facilities for visitors, so those who came 
brought their blankets on their back and camped out.
  "In exploring the caves I would take in a sack of green leaves.
  Every few feet I would lay down a leaf with the stem pointing 
toward the mouth of the cave.  Occasionally, after making a trip 
in a passage where I had never been before, I would suddenly 
cross my trail of leaves and know that I had circled back and 
made a loop.  I used a calcium carbide bicycle lamp.  I carried 
poles and crosspieces in and, of course, carried a hammer and 
nails and put in quite a few wooden ladders, for in many places 
the trail would drop sheer off into what looked like a big well,
 but which was really a continuation of the passage.  In 1920 I 
began opening the trails to the caves.  The following two years I
 put in most of my time in putting in substantial steel ladders
in the cave.  I average to make from two to three trips a day for
 six months in the year, so you see I am pretty familiar with the
 cave.
  "As I told you there were only 283 people who visited the caves 
the first year I was here.  By 1921, and this was before the road
 was completed, over 1800 people made the trip through the caves. 
 The following year, when the road to the caves had been 
finished, we had over 10,000 visitors.  Last year over 20,000 
came here, and each year more people come here.  The first year I
 was here a couple of young men decided to explore the caves.  
After an hour or so one of them came out very much excited 
because he had lost his partner.  He hunted me up, so I started 
for the caves.  I found him after a few hours.  He was perfectly 
panic-stricken. This whole country, being a limestone formation, 
is full of small caves.
  "The first man, so far as is known, to enter the Oregon caves 
was Elijah Davidson, a friend and neighbor of mine.  He moved to 
Williams creek with his parents when he was 8 years old.  He was 
a thorough woodsman and a famous hunter in a district famous for 
its hunters.  In 1874, when he was 26 years old, he was hunting 
with his two dogs about half a mile up the canyon from here.  He 
carrying a long barreled muzzle-loading musket.  He wounded a 
bear which came down the canyon followed by the two dogs.  
Davidson was following the bear by the sound of his dogs' baying.
  Suddenly there was complete silence.  He couldn't understand 
it.  He tracked the bear and found it had entered the cave.  The 
dogs had followed it in.  He followed the dogs in for fear the 
bear would kill them.  It was so dark that he had to go out and 
find some pitchwood and, with this as a torch, he followed the 
bear and the dogs 155 feet into the cave and shot the bear.  He 
skinned it and took the hide and meat to his cabin.
  "He didn't happen to come back this way for about two years, 
but he kept talking about the big cave till some of his neighbors
 decided to come with him and explore it.  They brought some 
string and pitch torches and explored what we now know as the 
lower cave.  At that time there was not an ax mark or so much as
 the mark of a man's foot anywhere around the caves.  Later they
 blazed a trail to the caves.  Mr. Frome, who was supervisor of 
the national forest, was instrumental in having the caves made a 
national monument.  Later they made a game refuge of six square 
miles around the caves.  A day or two ago I had a party lined up 
at the cave when a big buck stepped out of the woods and seemed 
as much interested in us as we were in him.  We furnish all of 
the visitors who make the trip through the caves rompers or 
coveralls made of red-and-white bedticking.  At present we take 
all visitors about 2 1/2 miles into the caves, but I am mapping 
out new caverns and passageways, so that the trip will be about 
three miles next season.
  "The bureau of public roads and the state highway commission 
built a road into the caves at an expense of $155,000.  The first
 concession here was given to Robert McIlvine.  He put up a 
cook-tent and some sleeping tents.  The following year the 
concession was turned over to the present owners.  Not only all 
of the waitresses and other girls working here,  but also the 
eight young men who are serving as guides, are college or 
university students.  Most of them are O.S.C. students.  At 
Rainier most of the employes (sic) are students of the University
 of Washington, and at Crater Lake University of Oregon students.
  " . . .
  "President Taft proclaimed the Oregon Caves a national monument
 on July 10, 1909.  Four hundred eighty acres were set aside 
surrounding the caves.  Among the principal features of the caves
 are the Ghost room, Watson's Grotto, Fat Man's Grief, Joaquin 
Miller's Chapel, the Devil's Stairway, Paradise Lost; the Bridal 
Chamber, Satan's Cauldron, the Lion's Jaw, the Prison Cell, the 
Bottomless Pit, the Garden of Eden, Neptune's Grotto, the River 
Styx and the Music Room.  By  striking the petals of the 
limestone cotton blossoms, music as clear as a bell is produced.
  Frank M. Nickerson of Kerby, in 1877, discovered four different 
floors or galleries in the Oregon Caves."

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ROWLEY, Robert Malcolm
"Robert M. Rowley
  "Robert Malcolm Rowley, a former Portlander who lived in San Diego, died in the California city Saturday of a heart attack.  He was 44.
  "Mr. Rowley, who attended the University of Portland, served 22 years in the Marine Corps and was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars.
  "He is survived by his wife Agatha and a son, Robert, and daughter, Erica Louise, all of San Diego; his mother, Floy M. Rowley and a brother, Richard, both of Portland, and another brother, Donald, of Roy, Ore.
  "Requiem Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Ascension Catholic Church.  Recitation of the Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Hennessey, Goetsch & McGee funeral home.  Burial will be in Willamette National Cemetery."

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