Debby Kay Rowell

Debby Kay Rowell, 53 years young, lost her battle against breast cancer on Thursday March 31, 2005. She was born in Dublin, TX, on Feb. 27, 1952, to Otis Barnard & Mattie Pack Barnard. Debby devoted her life to nursing. She began in high school as a candy striper in Brownwood,TX. She continued her career in oncology and spent the last 23 years in ophthalmology with Hunkeler Eye Centers of Kansas City. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 2, from 4-6 p.m., at Mt. Moriah Terrace Park Funeral Home, 801 NW 108th St., KCMO. In lieu of flowers, Debby requested donations be made to support the Susan B. Komen, The 3 Day Walk in Kansas City, June 17-19, in which her husband, daughter and daughter-in-law will be participating. Debby is survived by her husband, Gustaf D. Rowell; her children, Shaun Wesley Milliken, of Olathe, KS, and Traci Rena Kolinek, of Austin, TX; one sister, Patty Barnard Lewis, of San Saba, TX; three grandchildren, Madelyn, Wesley, and Reeve; father, Otis Barnard, and Mattie Barnard (deceased) of Brownwood, TX.