Individual Details

Troy Raymond Cowan

(25 Dec 1915 - 18 Oct 1973)

Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, Friday, October 19, 1973, Page 40, Col. 7: Cowan, Troy Raymond---Services will be held in the Greenlawn Chapel at 9 a.m. Saturday for Troy Raymond Cowan, 57, 2106 Watson Street, who died Oct. 18, in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Fred Cottriel will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Cowan was a native of California and had resided in this state all his life and in Kern County 50 years. He had engaged in the oil industry 30 years, was last employed by Standard Oil Co. and at the time of retirement was a tool pusher. He was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include the widow Lois; a daughter, Shirley Skaggs of Bakersfield; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Cowan of Bakersfield; four sisters, Gladys Paul and Maxine Knox of Bakersfield, Elma Crilley of Buena Park and Edna Chambers of Saugus; 2 brothers Leroy Cowan of Torrance and Ronald Cowan of Santa Ana; and 4 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be William Ramsden, Hubert Isaacs, Paul Pugh, Jess Walt, Everett Hull and Gary Coleman.

Call to Union Cemetery in Bakersfield, California because his wife is buried there. Call made on March 1, 2012 to 661-324-9658. He is not buried there.

Events

Birth1915
Birth25 Dec 1915Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California
Marriage1939Divorced Aug. 1970 California - Lois Elaine James
Military5 May 1945Fort Macarthur, San Pedro, Los Angeles Co., California
Death18 Oct 1973Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
Alt nameTroy R Cowan
ResidenceKern Co., California
BurialGreenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California

Families

SpouseLois Elaine James (1921 - 1973)
ChildShirley Ann Cowan (1940 - )
FatherWalker Roscoe Cowan (1890 - 1985)
MotherMinnie Ethel Hughes (1892 - 1985)
SiblingGladys Bertha Cowan (1911 - 2006)
SiblingVelma Bessie Cowan (1913 - 2000)
SiblingEdna Clair Cowan (1917 - 1999)
SiblingHerbert Dale Cowan (1920 - 1972)
SiblingMaxine Beatrice Cowan (1922 - )
SiblingLee Roy Cowan (1927 - 2012)
SiblingRonald Roscoe Cowan (1935 - )

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