Individual Details

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.

Birth	1915
Birth	25 Dec 1915	Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California
Marriage	1939	Divorced Aug. 1970 California - Lois Elaine James
Military	5 May 1945	Fort Macarthur, San Pedro, Los Angeles Co., California
Death	18 Oct 1973	Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
Alt name		Troy R Cowan
Residence		Kern Co., California
Burial		Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California

Spouse	Lois Elaine James (1921 - 1973)
Child	Shirley Ann Cowan (1940 - )

Father	Walker Roscoe Cowan (1890 - 1985)
Mother	Minnie Ethel Hughes (1892 - 1985)
Sibling	Gladys Bertha Cowan (1911 - 2006)
Sibling	Velma Bessie Cowan (1913 - 2000)
Sibling	Edna Clair Cowan (1917 - 1999)
Sibling	Herbert Dale Cowan (1920 - 1972)
Sibling	Maxine Beatrice Cowan (1922 - )
Sibling	Lee Roy Cowan (1927 - 2012)
Sibling	Ronald Roscoe Cowan (1935 - )