Ronald Wayne Lowe

1944 - 2017  (73 years)

• Name	Ronald Wayne Lowe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	2 Aug 1944	Roanoke, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1950	Piper Gap, Carroll, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	"Wayne Lowe" Age: 5; Relation to Head: Son of Beulah and Hasten Lowe; Marital Status: Never Married
  Military Service	1961  [2, 6]
  	US Navy - Vietnam War; AN (Airman)
  		LOWE-Ronald (USN) Ronald Wayne Lowe, US Navy
  Death	15 Aug 2017	Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus Cancer Center, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Burial	Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA   [1, 2, 6]
  		Fort Custer National Cemetery Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan Find a Grave: #109405 Plot: National Cemetery
  Person ID	I31042	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F14863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Aug 1944 - Roanoke, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Burial - - Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• People

  LOWE-Ronald (USN) Ronald Wayne Lowe, US Navy

  
  

• Sources

  [S233] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;), National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites. [S11313] Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Fort Custer), (Location: Augusta MI;), LOWE Ronald Wayne 1944-2017 (Veteran). "AN US Navy - Vietnam" - Fort Custer National Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190465731/ronald-wayne-lowe Obituary-LOWE Ronald W Ronald Wayne Lowe Obituary -- Memorial Alternatives, Grand Rapids MI - Aug 2017 [S563] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1911, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Births, 1864-2015. [S4357] Tributes: Obituary of Ronald Lowe • Aug 2017, (Location: Illinois; Date: Aug 2017;), Ronald Wayne Lowe. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Piper Gap, Carroll, Virginia; Roll: 2474; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 18-28. 1950 United States Federal Census National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Piper Gap, Carroll, Virginia; Roll: 2474; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 18-28 [S3990] Obituary of Ronald Lowe - Memorial Alternatives - Aug 2017, (Name: Memorial Alternatives; Location: Grand Rapids MI;), Ronald Wayne Lowe Obituary -- Memorial Alternatives, Grand Rapids MI - Aug 2017. Ronald Wayne Lowe, 73, died Tuesday August 15, 2017 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus Cancer Center due to his battle with lung cancer. He leaves behind his two daughters, Ronda Wallace & Anna Lowe, two grandchildren, Trey & Alainna Wallace, Niece, Zandra Lezzis, Brother in law, Charles Parkey, Brother in life, Tom Labiotka, along with many many friends. Born in Roanoke, Virginia residing with his mother, Beulah Eddie and sister, Catherine (Parkey). Ron served in the Navy from 1961-1963, after his time in the Navy Ron held jobs that allowed him to travel throughout the United States. Ron loved to travel and see new things although Grand Rapids, Michigan was always home to him. He lived life to the fullest and in his own way always willing to help someone in need. Ron’s two daughters is what he took pride in most in this world. Along with his two grandchildren who had a very special place in his heart. There will be no Memorial Service at this time. In the course of time there will be a place in the cemetery at Ft. Custer Battle Creek, Michigan. “Life is a hell of a ride, some good some bad…” https://www.memorialalternatives.com/obituary/Ronald-Lowe Obituary-LOWE Ronald W Ronald Wayne Lowe Obituary -- Memorial Alternatives, Grand Rapids MI - Aug 2017