Rena I. Cowles - Beloved Mother
Rena I. Cowles, 86, of 9076 Jackson Hill Road, Cuba, and a
former resident of Wellsville, passed away, Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Cuba
Memorial Hospital’s Palliative Care Unit after a lengthy illness.
Born on July 13, 1932, in Petrolia, she was a daughter of
Howard J. and Anna Norton Trowbridge. On
August 31, 1956, in Wellsville, she married Donald K. Cowles who predeceased
her.
Rena was a graduate of Wellsville Central School. She started her working career as a telephone
operator and night supervisor for the Wellsville Telephone Company and was the
last operator to take a call before dial tone operations started. She then worked as a mail carrier for the
Wellsville Post Office for several years and last was employed by Jan and Bev’s
Home Health Care for 14 years prior to her retirement.
She loved camping with her husband and was part of the
Shasta Camping Club, which later became the High Flyers. She was also an avid sports fan that loved to
watch all sporting events, but especially loved baseball and was a dedicated
New York Mets fan. Reading, crafts, and
crossword puzzles were also some things she enjoyed.
Surviving are two daughters, Kari (William) Hurley of Chicago,
IL and Cathy (Don) Adams of Cuba; three grandchildren,Nathaniel Hurley, Jody
(Will) Allison, Molly (Shaun Golish) Adams, and a great granddaughter, Frankie
Allison. In addition to her parents and husband she was predeceased by her
siblings, Gladys Walden, Arthur Barnes, Gerald Barnes, Norton Barnes, Elizabeth
Barnes, Evelyn Rhodes, Darwin Barnes, Earsol Mattison, and Francis Barnes. Friends
will be received at the Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home & Memorial Service,
Inc., 9 Bull Street, Cuba, on Sunday, April 28, 2019 from 2-4 p.m. only. Burial
will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellsville, New York. Online condolences may be sent at www.rinkerfuneralhome.com.
