YORKTOWN - Lois Stump Rowell, 84, passed away Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

Lois was a native of Radford, Va., and was a 1943 graduate of Radford High School. She moved to the Peninsula in 1945 where she met the love of her life, GW, to whom she is now joyfully reunited with, in Heaven. She dedicated her life to being a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her greatest passion was her family.

Lois was preceded in death by her loving husband of 36 years, George William Rowell; two brothers, Everett Stump Jr. and Clarence Stump; and a sister, Nancy Ann Stump Creasy.

She is survived by three daughters, Mary Schell and her husband, Wayne of Yorktown, Debra Alger and her husband, Leonard of Poquoson and Karen Woodward and her husband, Brian of Yorktown; two brothers, John Henry Stump of Radford, Va., Ambrose Stump of Illinois; a sister, Elise Brinkley of Chesapeake; six grandchildren, Barclay Schell and his wife, Rebecca, Melissa Stark and her husband, Richard, Kelli Alger and her fiancé, Steven Francisco, Bradley Rowell Alger and his wife, Brittany, Hayden Rowell Woodward and Camden Woodward; and three great-grandchildren, Amber, Elijah and Carsyn.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010, at Grafton Christian Church with the Rev. John Falk officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, at Amory Funeral Home. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.

Published in Daily Press from November 17 to November 18, 2010.
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