PUXICO - Claude Rowark, 82, formerly of Cahokia, Ill., died July 13, 2006, at Southeast Hospital at Cape Girardeau.
Born June 10, 1924, in Sikeston, he worked for General Motors, retiring in 1983, and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Puxico.
In Jackson, he was united in marriage to Genevieve Thrower, who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law,, Claude Lee and Charlotte Rowark of Puxico; one sister, Jeanetta Evans of Puxico; and three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and one niece.
Funeral services were held today at the Morgan Sifford Chapel in Puxico. The Rev. Phillip Bray officiated.
Burial followed in the Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.