Memorial

Mary J. Rowland, 85, passed away December 28, 2016 at the Woodlands in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  

She was born to Reverend Earl Morris and Martha Egeland on January 27, 1931, in Duluth, Minnesota.
She graduated from Calumet, Michigan high school in 1948 and received her B.A. from Northwestern University in 1952.  She also received an M.A from the University of Iowa.
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She married John R. Mclaren in December of 1959.  He passed away in December of 1963.

She married Richard D. Rowland on June 30, 1973. Her father officiated.

Mary is survived by her husband, her sister Sylvia ( Ken ) Walker of Sun Lake, Arizona, and her brother Noel (Karen) Egeland of Silver Spring, Maryland.   Dear to her heart were her nieces, Tova and Noelle Egeland, and Gretchen Burr, her nephew Eric Hiltbrunner, and all of their children.

She taught in the Cedar Rapids school system for many years, and for a year in the American School in Stavanger, Norway.

She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, a charter member of the Cedar Rapids Sons of Norway, and was active for many years as a member of the LU chapter of PEO.

She loved jazz, skiing, bowling, architectural tours in the US, and international travel. She did not see obstacles in life as walls, but as problems to be solved. She was an ardent supporter of the political candidates of her choice. Her smile would light up a room.

At her request, there will be no public memorial service.  Her cremains were placed in the columbarium of St, Paul's United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids, IA. Entrusted with the arrangements is Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.