Kenneth L. Rowe, son of the late Arvel Rowe and Velma Temples Rowe, was born on July 31, 1942, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on November 29, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 79 years.

Mr. Rowe was a former machine operator for a box factory and a resident of Dudley, Missouri.

On April 30, 1999, he was united in marriage to Dawn Blunt. Mrs. Rowe preceded him in death on January 17, 2018.

He is survived by his daughter, Lisa Drummer and husband Dale of South Beloit, Illinois; by his step-daughter, Shelley Dover of Beaver Dam, Kentucky; by two step-sons, Robert McDonald of Cadiz, Kentucky and Michael McDonald of Cadiz, Kentucky; by three brothers, Terry Rowe of New Martinsville, West Virginia, Jerry Rowe of Littleton, Colorado, and Leslie Rowe of Pocahontas, Arkansas; by three sisters, Deloris Eueland of Tyler, Texas, Cathy Langfelder of Tyler, Texas, and Linda Holland of Eudora, Arkansas; and by eleven grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

Other than by his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Norman Rowe and by his sister, Janice Shocklee.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.