THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, May 8, 1995 TAG: 9505080029
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NEW CASTLE, DEL. LENGTH: Short : 44 lines
John Wallace Lowell, age 30 years, died Friday, May 5, 1995, at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of Chondron Sarcoma, a type of cancer.
Mr. Lowell was on active duty with the United States Navy up until May 1, 1995, when he went on medical temporary retirement. He enlisted once out of high school. He was a 1983 graduate of William Penn High School in New Castle, Del. He served in the U.S. Navy for 12 years, retiring as chief petty officer. He was last stationed with the Assault Craft Unit 4, Naval Amphibious Base in Little Creek. Mr. Lowell was also stationed in the Philippines. He served during Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the Gulf War. He also was stationed on the Nuclear Carrier U.S. Theodore Roosevelt. He spent the last nine years in Norfolk. He received the following: National Defense Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist; Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist and Second Good Conduct Medal for period through Sept. 11, 1991; Meritorious Unit Commendation, Service Medal with Bronze Star, 2nd Overseas Service Award and 3rd Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. He also volunteered for the Navy Relief. Mr. Lowell was the grandson of Gertrude Lowell who died Nov. '94. Gertrude Lowell was inducted into the Womens Hall of Fame and well known.
Mr. Lowell is survived by two daughters, Anna Marie Lowell and Rachael Leigh Lowell, both of Virginia Beach; his parents, James B. and Donna L. Lowell of New Castle, Del.; a brother, Daniel E. Lowell of Claymont, Del.; and maternal grandparents, Wallace and Edith Dickinson of Delmar, Del.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 12 Winder Road, Garfield Park, New Castle, Del. on Wednesday, May 10, 1995, at 10:30 a.m. Relatives and friends may call at the Gebhart Funeral Home, 531 Delaware St., New Castle, Del. on Tuesday evening between 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will be in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Chesapeake City Road, Bear, Del. In lieu of flowers, contributions to either the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, 7920 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, Va. 23511 or the U.S.O. of Hampton Roads, N.A.S., Norfolk, 23511.
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