Edna L. Cowen
Edna L. Cowen, 89, a Plymouth resident for 67 years, passed away at 3:05 a.m. Friday, March 27, 2015, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Plymouth.
Edna was born in Talma, Indiana on Nov. 5, 1925 to Dewey and Ethel (Fisher) Whetstone. She graduated from Mentone High School with the class of 1943.
On Nov. 6, 1943, the day after her 18th birthday, Edna was wed to Willis G. Cowen in Larwill. The loving couple has spent 71 glorious years by each other’s side. Edna was a wonderful housewife and adoring mother to her three children: Bonnie, Dewey and Rodger.
Edna enjoyed quilting, doing needlework and making crafts. She also enjoyed gardening and cooking anything and everything for her family and friends. She could be found playing Bunko with her card club, doing water aerobics at Ancilla College or at Swan Lake or enjoying her neighbor birthday get-togethers.
She is survived by her husband: Willis, Plymouth; and their children: Bonnie S. (Rodger) Sherk, Rochester; Dewey G. (Sharon) Cowen, Galveston; and Rodger D. (Julie) Cowen, Plymouth; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and her sister: Mildred Grindle.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents; and siblings: Lowell, Doris Linton, Lois Welch and Mary Lou Whetstone.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 29, in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 30, in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Tippecanoe Cemetery.