This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rowley, Hauer, Reuther, Musselman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1543 Message Board Post: Mr. Harold G. Rowley, age 78, of Battle Creek, passed away Friday, May 9, 1997 at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo after a brief illness. Mr. Rowley was born August 31, 1918 in Woodland, the son of Isaac & Louise (Hauer) Rowley. Blind from birth, he graduated from the Michigan School for the Blind in Lansing at the age of 19. In spite of his handicap, he approached life with a great vigor. He held a wide variety of jobs throughout the years, including door to door salesman, factory worker, Braille proof-reader, typist for Legal Aid and freelance writer, serving as a stringer reporter for the Battle Creek Enquirer and the United Press International. He authored several books on travel and Bible study and won numerous awards for his poetry, which often appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and the Readers Digest. He travelled to Mexico, Europe, Israel and all over the United States, writing of his adventures. A former resident of Hastings, he had resided in Battle Cr! eek for over 35 years and was a long time member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Battle Creek. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Norma Reuther of Kalamazoo; his nephew, Duane (Anne) Reuther of Woodland and his niece, Joanne (William) Musselman of Kalamazoo. Memorial services will be held Tuesday morning, May 13, 1997 at St. John's Lutheran Church, 26 Arbor, Battle Creek, with Reverend Cary Grant officiating. There will be no visitation at the funeral home and private interment will be held at Woodland Memorial Park, Woodland. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church or charity of one's choice. Arrangements were made by Joldersma & Klein Funeral Home, Kalamazoo. (The Hastings "Reminder" - May 13, 1997) Transcriber has no family connection.