Chaplin (MAJ) USA (ret)

Chaplain (MAJ) USA (Ret), Dale N. Cowan In the early morning hours of July 25th, Pastor Dale Cowan passed away after a 16 year battle with cancer; while being comforted by his loving wife and son in his new home at Crescent Point in Niantic Connecticut. Dale marched on to follow his “Commander In Chief” (The Lord) and was released from his human bonds to join family and friends who had predeceased him and were waiting for him with Jesus in Heaven. Dale was 77 years old. Dale was born on February 19, 1939 in Rockford, IL, to Louis Grant and Lolita Saunders Cowan. Dale is predeceased by his sister Fern Barret Denithorne and brother Wayne Cowan and is survived by his brother Louis Cowan and stepsister Suzanne Huftalen Senkiw. Dale is survived by his best friend and the ‘bride of his youth’, Linda, who he would have celebrated his 53rd wedding anniversary on August 3rd of this year. Also left to cherish Dale’s memory are his sons; Scott (with wife Kathi), in Oakdale, CT; and Kevin, in Monson, MA. He loved and was so very proud of the adults they have become and all their many achievements and accomplishments throughout their lives. He also took great pride and delight in his two grandsons, Zachary and Colby. Pastor Cowan, was a 1957 graduate of Horseheads (NY) High School, a graduate of Penn Wesleyan College in Allentown, PA with a Bachelor of Science in Bible, and a graduate of Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia, PA with a Masters of Divinity Degree in Theology. Following seminary he was ordained as a minister into the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Dale spent 22 years in the US Army, 17 of them as a Chaplain ministering to his troops. Dale was also Pastor of several civilian Wesleyan and United Methodist churches and served as a case worker for the Chemung County (NY) Welfare Department. Cards of remembrance may be sent to Linda, at 417 Main St., Apt. 312, Niantic, CT 06357. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be directed to Wounded Warriors Project, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or the American Cancer Society. There will be a time of spoken memorials and internment at the national cemetery at Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County, PA on August 11, 2016 at 11AM. Friends and family will gather at the Kreamer and Lum Funeral Home at 5 Camp Meeting Rd, Jonestown, PA by 10:30 to proceed to the cemetery. There is to be no viewing or calling hours.

Chaplin (MAJ) USA (ret)

February 19, 1929 - July 25, 2016