Jana Lynne (Wakefield) Rowley |
| Posted 2021-12-17 by mhenderson |
| Published by Mohave Daily News Online from Dec. 14 to Dec. 17, 2021 - Bullhead City, Arizona - Jana Lynne Rowley, age 78, of Mesa, Ariz., passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021. She was born May 25, 1943 in Prescott, Ariz. to Grant Lynwood Wakefield and Florence Mae Haave Wakefield. In 1961 Jana graduated from Williams High School in Williams, Ariz. She married Jerry Rowley on February 20, 1971. Jana received a Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State University (Cum Laude) in 1994, earning a degree in Interpersonal Communication, and was a member of the Phi Kappa Honor Society. Highly intelligent with a great sense of humor, she was blessed with a lifelong love of learning. She resided on a one-acre Mesa homestead for 40 years growing fruit and nut trees, keeping goats, turtles, cats, dogs, turkeys, cows, lambs, chickens, roosters, doves, pigeons and peacocks. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was faithful to her convictions, loving and loyal to her friends and family, kind, generous, industrious, courageous, strong, facing all adversity with optimistic faith in Jesus Christ. Jana served as a Temple Worker in the Mesa Temple from 1994 to 2016 and in the Snowflake Temple 2017. She found great satisfaction serving two church Family History missions. She's famous for being in the top one percent of a million+ Family Search indexers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Allen Rowley (2010); and her sister, Debra Grace Chevalier (1975). She is survived by her sons, Kyle Wakefield Rowley and Jeremy Wakefield Rowley; sister, Verda LaRue; brothers, Maurice Grant Wakefield and Marvin Gerald Wakefield; eight grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren. Graveside services: 11 am on Friday, December 17, 2021 at Taylor Cemetery, 400 Center St., Taylor, AZ. (Thru Wyman Burial Chapel, Mesa). See Also: Find A Grave |
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