Elaine Diana Rowe July 25, 1938 — May 12, 2019

A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF

TRANSFIGURATION LUTHERAN CHURCH BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA

MAY 16, 2019

A Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving in Memory of

Elaine Diana Rowe

May 16, 2019 11:00am

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Diana Rowe, age 80, passed peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior, May 12, 2019, at the Masonic Home, surrounded by family and caregivers. Elaine was born July 25th, 1938 in Sloan Iowa. Her early years were spent in rural Sloan Township, be-fore moving into the town of Sloan. She was the valedictorian of the class of 1956, and following graduation worked as a secretary for Conservative Bond and Mortgage in Sioux City. She moved to Minneapolis with friends in about 1960, where she met her late husband Jack at a church dinner. She was predeceased by her parents Russell Dewey Chesley and Laura Mauda Zachgo, and by her late husband, Jack James Rowe in 1993. She is survived by her sister, Fran Hartz (Guy), Sioux City, Iowa; brother-in-law Jerome Rowe (Jan); sister-in-law Jane Hult (Bill); and three sons: Brian J. Rowe, New York City, Daniel A. Rowe, Oviedo, Florida; and David T. Rowe (Deneen), Minneapolis, and many nieces and nephews.

PRELUDE LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING (MICHAEL BURKHARDT)

AMAZING GRACE (ROBERT HOBBY)

BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR (MICHAEL BURKHARDT/ROBERT HOBBY)

ENTRANCE HYMN 781 CHILDREN OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER

Children of the heav'nly Father safely in his bosom gather; nestling bird nor star in heaven such a refuge e'er was given.

God his own doth tend and nourish, in his holy courts they flourish. From all evil things he spares them, in his mighty arms he bears them.

Neither life nor death shall ever from the Lord his children sever; unto them his grace he showeth, and their sorrows all he knoweth.

Though he giveth or he taketh, God his children ne'er forsaketh; his the loving purpose solely to preserve them pure and holy.

WELCOME/PRAYER VIDEO REMEMBRANCE

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OLD TESTAMENT ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;

a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

GOSPEL JOHN 14:1-6

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And you know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

MESSAGE REV. ARTHUR MURRAY HYMN 787 ON EAGLE’S WINGS

SOLOIST You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord, who abide in his shadow for life, say to the Lord: "My refuge, my rock in whom I trust!"

Refrain And he will raise you up on eagle's wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of his hand.

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You need not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day; though thousands fall about you, near you it shall not come. Refrain

For to his angels he's given a command to guard you in all of your ways; upon their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. Refrain

PRAYERS SOLO LORD’S PRAYER ROB REID, SOLOIST

COMMENDATION L: Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant, Elaine. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. Receive her into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light.

C: Amen. L: Let us go forth in the Peace of Christ.

RECESSIONAL HYMN 779 AMAZING GRACE

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!

The Lord has promised good to me; his word my hope secures; he will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.

When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun.

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POSTLUDE THANKS BE TO THEE (G. F. HANDEL)

Your presence today is greatly appreciated. Following today’s service you

are invited into the Fellowship Hall for a time of refreshments and conversation.

Interment will be in the Ft. Snelling Cemetery.

Memorial donations can be made to the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation or

the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

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WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS ______________________________________

Pastor Rev. Arthur Murray Organist Karen Daniels Soloist Rob Reid

The service today will be available to review at TLC’s memorial Garden. Please go and visit. Leave a note for the family.

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If would like to support the ministry of Transfiguration Lutheran Church, make a memorial gift, or support the TLC Foundation, we would welcome your tax deductible charitable donation. There are envelopes in the pews for this purpose and there is a kiosk near the library in the Narthex that can accept your credit card donation and provide you with a printed receipt. Thank you for being here today. Your presence at this service is a blessing to the family and to the

TLC community.