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Rowena Magline Weeks
Rowena Magline Weeks died June 25 in
Antelope Valley Hospital. She was 74.
Her funeral will take place on Monday, July 6, 10
a.m., at H. K. Holland Memorial Chapel, with Pastor
Larry Higdon officiating.
Born on June 22, 1935, in Columbia City, Ind.,
she lived in Trona for 25 years, then in Ridgecrest
for 25 years. She worked as a secretary for the
Searles Valley plant through changes in
management from Kerr McGee Chemical Co. to
North American Chemical Co. to IMC Corp.
Throughout her career and her life, her capacity
for creativity coupled with her generosity provided a
bounty of loving gifts to those she loved and even to
those she had never met before.
She used her skilled hands for quilting,
scrapbooking, money roses, candy poems,
gardening, writing, cooking and baking (including
work on a family recipe book), cake decorating,
painting, sewing, card making, crafts and typing.
Her devotion to genealogy and family history led her
to many new friends located throughout the U.S.
and a room dedicated to her research and
keepsakes.
Whenever service to the communities or
individuals crossed her path, she would step
forward willingly and with devotion, adding loving
details of her own to make the event or experience
better than she found it, offering her greatest gift of
time so others might feel valued.
She collected heirlooms and antiques. To relax,
she loved to read and shop for children’s items that
she never had growing up and that she gave to
other children who had very little.
Her virtues were numerous and included
strength, an incredible work ethic, a delightful
outlook, perseverance, generosity, passion for life,
thoughtfulness, sense of organization,
resourcefulness and vision.
She was one of a kind. We celebrate a woman
whose focused purposes were the hallmarks of her
life. What a lovely gift she was to the soul.
Antelope Valley Hospital. She was 74.
Her funeral will take place on Monday, July 6, 10
a.m., at H. K. Holland Memorial Chapel, with Pastor
Larry Higdon officiating.
Born on June 22, 1935, in Columbia City, Ind.,
she lived in Trona for 25 years, then in Ridgecrest
for 25 years. She worked as a secretary for the
Searles Valley plant through changes in
management from Kerr McGee Chemical Co. to
North American Chemical Co. to IMC Corp.
Throughout her career and her life, her capacity
for creativity coupled with her generosity provided a
bounty of loving gifts to those she loved and even to
those she had never met before.
She used her skilled hands for quilting,
scrapbooking, money roses, candy poems,
gardening, writing, cooking and baking (including
work on a family recipe book), cake decorating,
painting, sewing, card making, crafts and typing.
Her devotion to genealogy and family history led her
to many new friends located throughout the U.S.
and a room dedicated to her research and
keepsakes.
Whenever service to the communities or
individuals crossed her path, she would step
forward willingly and with devotion, adding loving
details of her own to make the event or experience
better than she found it, offering her greatest gift of
time so others might feel valued.
She collected heirlooms and antiques. To relax,
she loved to read and shop for children’s items that
she never had growing up and that she gave to
other children who had very little.
Her virtues were numerous and included
strength, an incredible work ethic, a delightful
outlook, perseverance, generosity, passion for life,
thoughtfulness, sense of organization,
resourcefulness and vision.
She was one of a kind. We celebrate a woman
whose focused purposes were the hallmarks of her
life. What a lovely gift she was to the soul.
| Rowena Weeks |
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Phillip H. Weeks of Ridgecrest; daughter Lori Fairbank of
Utah; son Paul Weeks of Ridgecrest; grandchildren Kirt Fairbank of Utah, Rhianna Celestine of Ridgecrest
and Paul Weeks of Texas; great-grandchildren Killian and Beck Fairbank, Julian Smith, Lilianna Weeks,
Autumn Stull and Phillip Weeks; sisters Martha Harper and Susan Loe; and brothers Mike and Jim Loe.
She was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.
She will be buried at Desert Memorial Park. Arrangements were by Holland & Lyons Mortuary.
Submitted by the family of Rowena Weeks
Utah; son Paul Weeks of Ridgecrest; grandchildren Kirt Fairbank of Utah, Rhianna Celestine of Ridgecrest
and Paul Weeks of Texas; great-grandchildren Killian and Beck Fairbank, Julian Smith, Lilianna Weeks,
Autumn Stull and Phillip Weeks; sisters Martha Harper and Susan Loe; and brothers Mike and Jim Loe.
She was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.
She will be buried at Desert Memorial Park. Arrangements were by Holland & Lyons Mortuary.
Submitted by the family of Rowena Weeks
