Sherlockwv Recently Passed On.

[DaveConner]

A little late but alot of people on her talked to him.

Age: 59

Birthplace: Tonopah, Nevada

Resided In: Wheeling, West Virginia

Visitation: March 04, 2005: 1 - 9 p.m.

Service: March 05, 2005: 10:00 a.m.

Cemetery: Halcyon Hills Memorial Gardens, Sherrard, WV

COWAN, Gerald Lee, 59, of Wheeling, WV, passed

away Saturday, February, 26, 2005, at his home.

He was born in Tonopah, Nevada, June 16, 1945,

son of Edna Mae Kope Cowan Kartanowicz and the

late Malcolm G. Cowan, Jr.

Mr. Cowan was a retired self-employed financial

business consultant. He was a member of the

Vineyard Church, Wheeling; former vice president

of Tire America, Wheeling; an electrical

specialist for Rockwell International, Orange

County, California; and former vice president of

development of Barris International, Orange

County, California.

In addition to his father, he was preceded in

death by his step-father, Frank Kartanowicz.

Surviving in addition to his mother, are his wife

of 24 years, Andrea K. Stock Cowan; two sons,

Reverend Christopher G. Cowan and his wife,

Genevieve of Colorado Springs and their children,

Amanda and Hannah Cowan; Timothy C. Cowan and his

wife, Marie of Morra Bay, CA and their children,

Chelsea, Timothy and Taylor Cowan and Jessica

Feist; two daughters, Andrea Slama and her

children, Rachel Keedy and Alyssa Slama, of

Portland, Oregon; Christine Coen of Wheeling; and

a sister, Sandra "Marty" DeGasperis and her

husband Ronald of Wheeling

Friends will be received 1 - 9 p.m. Friday, March

4, 2005, at the Kepner Funeral Home, 166 Kruger

Street, Elm Grove, where services will be held at

10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 5, 2005, with the

Reverend Jennie Newbrough and the Reverend

Christopher G. Cowan co- officiating. Interment

in Halcyon Hills Memorial Gardens, Sherrard, WV.

Memorial contributions may be made to the

American Diabetes Association, WV Affiliate,

Inc., Upper Ohio Valley Chapter, P.O. Box 1115,

Dunbar, WV 25061.

Personal condolences may be offered to the family

at www.kepnerfuneral.com.

[Bill Nesbitt]

I'm sorry to hear this. I met him a couple years ago and liked him a lot.

Bill Nesbitt