Gene L. Rowe, 86, a lifetime Marshall Country resident, passed away early Sunday morning August 9, 2015.

Gene was born in LaPaz, on June 12, 1929, to Francis and Pearl (Flesher) Rowe. He attended LaPaz Schools. On March 26, 1960, he married the former Helen “Louise” Griggs in Lakeville.

Gene served our country as a United States Marine during the Korean War and became an accomplished auto mechanic. For years he applied that trade with the Jeffirs Motors in Plymouth. He then went on to work as an assembler at Bendix Aircraft Division in South Bend, where he worked for 38 years.

He was a member of the VFW – Marshall County Post 1162, Plymouth American Legion Post 27, Plymouth Moose Lodge No. 741, and the Autoworkers Union Local No. 9 in South Bend. Plymouth Wesleyan became his church home.

Attending stock car races and family trips to Great America are now fond memories.

Gene is survived by his four children: Mary L. (Dennis) Hanthorn; Chuck G. “Chuckie” (Wanda) Rowe; Kimberlee J. (Sidronio) Teutle; and Michelle L. Rowe, all of Plymouth. His sister: Velma Jordan, Avilla; also survives with ten grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother: Harold “Jack” Rowe.

Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until noon Thursday, Aug. 13, in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, Plymouth. Funeral services will be held immediately following at noon. Burial will follow in the New Oakhill Cemetery, with military honors provided by members of the Plymouth American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Warsaw- Marshall County Post 1162, and the D.A.V.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Center for Hospice Care, Plymouth, or the Marshall County Cancer Association, care of Shirley Gidley, Plymouth.