Robert D. Cowell Sr.

He was born September 28, 1935 in Waynesburg a son of the late Donald B. and Kathryn F. Russell Cowell.

He was a 1953 graduate of Waynesburg High School.

On April 28, 1956 he married C. Sue Wilson Cowell who survives.

Mr. Cowell‘s career spanned over 50 years. He was a self-employed building contractor and founder of Robert Cowell & Sons. He built several homes in Waynesburg area, maintained several rental properties, and purchased and developed Colonial Plan. He had also worked as a carpenter for Wayne Lumber Company, in bridge construction, and at the Hatfield Ferry Power Station. He had previously worked for Kridle’s Cleaners, the Bischoff Creamery and as a dairy farmer.

He was a former member of the First Church of the Nazarene at Waynesburg where he served as a board member, Sunday School teacher, missionary president, building committee member, song leader, choir member, and speaker. He was currently a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg where he was an elder, member of the mission commission and the building committee, and sang in the choir.

Mr. Cowell was and active supporter of the Greene County 4-H Cattle Club and the FFA.

Surviving in addition to his wife of 57 years, C. Sue Cowell, are 5 children, Deborah Lynn Scott, Pamela Sue Homrock, and Robert Dale Cowell Jr. all of Waynesburg, Christa Ann Matheou and husband John of Tampa, FL, and Brandon Lee Cowell and wife Lindsay of Carnegie; 9 grandchildren, Jason Garber (Gretchen), Katelyn Matheou, John Michael Matheou, Douglas R. Homrock, Ashley Haas (Colin), Andrew Cowell, Dustin Cowell, Dylan Cowell, and Devon Cowell; 2 great-grandchildren, Bella and Maddox Haas; one sister Joanna Throckmorton of Waynesburg; 5 brothers, Charles Cowell of Bay Village, OH, Donald Cowell of Waynesburg, Gary Cowell of Kernersville, NC, Ronald Cowell of Port Orange, FL, and Keith Cowell of Waynesburg; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are two brothers, James A. Cowell and Russell Cowell.

Friends will be received from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Behm Funeral Homes Inc., 182 West High St., Waynesburg. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2013 at the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg, 169 West College St., Waynesburg with Rev. William Sukolsky officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration at www.theaftd.org .