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Obituary- Cowan, Martha 1

Martha J. Cowan
Martha J. Cowan, 67, Rossville, died Friday July 19, 2002, at a To¬peka hospital.
She was born February 14, 1935, in Corning, the daughter of Francis John “Frank” and Mary “Marie” Haefele Rottinghaus.
Martha grew up in the Corning and Kelly communities and was graduated from Kelly High School in 1953. She attended Sisters of Charity Nursing School in Leaven¬worth, worked for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Topeka, and had worked for over 30 years for Santa Fe Railroad in Topeka. She was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and a member of the Altar Sodality at the church.
She married Keith F. Cowan Jan¬uary 4, 1974, she married Keith F. Cowan in Topeka. He died August 3, 1998.
Surviving her are three daugh¬ters, Brenda Vaughn, Tecumseh, Diane Peaslee, Elbert, CO, and Katherine Moore, Rossville; seven sisters, Mary Kongs and Dolores Engel, Topeka, Veronica Stallbaumer, Basehor, Joan Platt, Henderson¬ville, TN, her twin Margaret Rethman, Seneca, Lucille Koelzer, Axtel, and Rosemary Runnebaum, Kan¬sas City. KS; four brothers, Francis Rottinghaus, Jr., Seneca, Robert Rot¬tinghaus, Kansas City, MO, Jim Rottinghaus, Overland Park, and Gerald Rottinghaus, Burke, VA; five grand¬children, and two great-grandchil¬dren.
Mass of Christian Burial was at 10 a.m. Tuesday (this morning), at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Burial was in Mt. Calva¬ry Cemetery, St. Marys. A rosary was recited at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys Monday evening.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, or to the American Heart Association, and sent in care of Pip¬er-Verschelden Funeral Home 714
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