Show john E lowe gone to the great beyond john E lowe member of 0 the firm of mcconnell lowe one of grand junctions leading business men and one of the cites best kown citizens died wednesday morning at at the family home on ouray avenue grand junction the end was not unexpected but nevertheless the passing of this splendid man mail comes as a shock to relatives and friends in spite of the tact fact that his condition had been serious for months there was cherished among friends and relatives the hope that john E lowes valiant light for a return to health would prove successful these hopes were in vain and wednesday morning with friends at his bedside mr air lowe I 1 passed away last tall fall the malady which proved fatal came upon mr air lowe falling to got get relief from what he first thought was but a minor ailment he 1 e went east arid and consulted con suited the mayo alayo and other cilli eminent nent specialists and everything possible was done to che check k the disease about three months ago mr lowe was confined to his bed and steadily his condition grew worse ile he was able to be up some days fora for a short time A few days ago the turn for the worse was most pronounced and death relieved his suffering which had been intense so of the time ile he was conscious until an hour of the end it was a brave though hopeless light that john lowe made for life enjoying as lie he did a wide acquaintance throughout the city and county and tom commanding manding the respect and esteem of all who knew him the passing of this well known citizen Is it a loss that affects the whole community and causes sorrow that is both keen and wide spread john E lowe was born in ili anderson county tennessee on january 15 1 1378 and therefore was 43 years of age last january being just in the prime of life his boyhood was spent in his native state lie he was grad front from creek college in ill tennessee and in which college li he was awarded high honors for oratory later he attended the university of tennessee ile he became a member of the faculty facility of the hampton sidney city schools at knoxville tennessee after several years of teaching his health became impaired and he be left tennessee and went to new Al mexico exico and from new mexico he came to grand junction in 1904 and accepted a place on the faculty of the grand junction city schools the move to the west brought about a complete recovery of health on march 1 1907 mr air lowe low e arid and james mcconnell formed a partnership arid and opened a high class retail shoe store in this city and front from that time on through the years the firm 1 of mcconnell cConnell Al and lowe has been one of the leading and one of the most successful retail mercantile lish ments in the city the partnership has been an ideal one and the two young business men built up a splendid patronage the mcconnell aril and lowe store has been recognized as one of the leading shoe stores in western colorado on june 22 1910 john E lowe was united in marriage to miss iva main of 0 altona III but but who had been a member of the faculty of the local schools for several years mrs airs lowe and two little sons charles ernest arid and john wesley survive they had been with mr air lowe constantly during the long illness and were at the bedside when the end came will L lowe a brother formerly of this city but now ot of Lynch mines ky has been nith his brother during the last month of his sickness there are two oiher oher brothers J 11 II lowe of knoxville tenn and S C lowe love of burnham Burn nam tex and a sister mrs F P galbraith ot of concord tenn the deceased was a member of tho the presbyterian church of this city and for several years one of its officials lie he was affiliated with the masonic order a member of several of its branches active in its work and devoted to its principles he was one or of ili the charter charier members or of ili the 0 rotary club of grand junction and was active arid and enthusiastic in rotary work until he became ill john E lowe was wag identified with a number of the cites best known business enterprises during the greater part of last year he had charge of the rosevelt state bank at it roosevelt utah in which a number of well known hocur people were interested the community suffers severely in the deatie death of a man like john E lowe ile he was a citizen of the most desirable type and a business man mail of marked ability progressive unswerving in his faith in his home town and his loyalty to its interests honorable at all times in his dealings lie he made his influence felt tor for the up building of grand junction and mesa alesa county ile he was devoted to his loved ones a man of high ideals and strong convictions and t the h e friendships which he made were true and lasting Thefil emory of john E lowe will long be cherished in me community where he has lived for nearly twenty years grand junction sentinel |