Robert Alden Sowers

Robert Alden Sowers, age 84, of Overbrook, Kansas passed away September 21, 2015. He was born February 11, 1931 in Wakarusa, KS, the son of Jacob A. Sowers and Mamie E. (Turner) Sowers. Robert was a long-standing member of the Overbrook community. He graduated from Overbrook High School with the class of 1949. He was a farmer and retired as a mail-carrier. He was a member and Past Master of Masonic Ridgeway Lodge #62 in Overbrook, a Life Member of Scottish Rite and a member of Arab Shriners, Topeka. Robert was very active with his grandkids. He loved to play cards and dominoes. He also liked to go fishing and hunting. He is survived by four sons, Danny Sowers, Gate, Oklahoma, Lloyd Sowers and wife, Kathy, Burlingame, KS, Alva Sowers and wife, Donna, Overbrook, and David Sowers and wife, Cathy, Overbrook; eighteen grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; a sister, Helen Offen, Scottsdale, Arizona; and a companion, Margaret Dahlstrom, Topeka, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Frances Marie Sowers and Dorothy Ann Sowers; a brother, James A. Sowers; and his companion of more than thirty years, Belle Hoffecker. Family will greet friends for a Visitation Thursday, September 24, 2015, from 6-8 p.m. at Greenwood-Roberts Funeral Home, Overbrook, KS. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, September 25, 2015, at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church, Overbrook. Burial will follow at Overbrook Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Masonic Ridgeway Lodge #62 or Shriners Hospitals for Children, c/o Greenwood-Roberts Funeral Home, P.O. Box 268, Overbrook, Kansas, 66524. Condolences may be sent to the family through www.lamb-roberts.com. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Robert Alden Sowers please visit our Sympathy Store.

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