Maxine Cowey

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The funeral for Maxine Cowie, 78, of San Diego,
Calif., and formerly of Graymont, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at
the Graymont Baptist Church.

Duffy Funeral Home, Pontiac, has charge of local arrangements. Glen
Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary, Bonita, Calif., has charge of
arrangements in California.

Mrs. Cowie died at noon, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, at San Diego.

She was born in Feb. 14, 1929 at Xenia, the daughter of Oscar and
Ethel
(Smith) Wilmeth, and was reared in Pontiac.

She married Kenneth Winters in Dec. 5, 1948. He died in October
1969.
She married Robert J. Cowie, of Peoria, Aug. 14, 1971. He survives at San
Diego. In 1973 they moved to Chula Vista, Calif., and were in the dry
cleaning business.

Also surviving are three daughters, Diana K. (Ed) Rich, Graymont,
and
Ann K. Starks, Graymont, and Karin (James) Prock, Poway, Calif.; one
sister, Marian Allgaier, Bartonville; and two brothers, Robert (Jackie)
Wilmeth, Indian Wells, Calif., and Del Wilmeth. She was blessed with five
stepchildren; five grandchildren; 14 stepgrandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Cowie was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers,
Tom Wilmeth and Del Wilmeth; and one sister Besse Wright.

She graduated at Pontiac Township High School in 1947.

She was employed for Drs. Carl Ward and Harold Schroder, at Pontiac.

She also had worked at the Pontiac TB Sanitarium.

While living in the Graymont area, she was a member of Nigh Chapel
and Graymont Baptist churches and attended the Christian Women's
Club in Pontiac.

She sang with the Skyline Wesleyan Church Chorale. Her chorale had
the opportunity to sing with Andre Crouch and at the Billy Graham
Crusade. Music and her Christian walk played a large part in her life.

The family suggests memorials may be made to KPRZ 1210 Radio, Attn:
Heather Lloyd Open Door Ministries, 9255 Town Center Dr., Suite 535,
San Diego, CA 92121, or Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 5005 LBJ Fwy,
Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244.