Visitation: No prior visitation.
Service: WEDNESDAY, December 21, 2016: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 am at St. Mary’s, Swormville. ROWE – Ruth Margaret
(nee Schreiner)
1922-2016. Lifelong Buffalonian and
only child of Charles and Dorothy
(Dora Hilburger) Schreiner; loving wife
of Dr. Albert G. Rowe (deceased);
devoted mother of Sandra (Robin
L., Esq.) Stone, Wendy (Charles)
Klinginsmith and Susan (Dr. Robert)
Calcagno; grandmother of Jennifer
(Roger) Stone-Ferrini, Robin C. Stone,
Nicholas (Sara) Calcagno, Terance
Calcagno, Charles (Lindsay) Marzec
and great-grandmother of four: Owen
and Charlotte Marzec and Anthony and
Evan Calcagno. Graduating from Mount
St. Joseph Academy (1940), Ruth
worked as a secretary during WWII and
used her skill assisting her husband for
many years. In her youth, she enjoyed
speed skating at the former Humboldt
Park (Martin Luther King Park) during
Buffalo’s winters and in later years
actively pursued golf and tennis. Ruth
passed peacefully Sunday evening
(December 18) in Pittsford, NY with
family by her side. Generous of spirit
throughout her life, she has requested
that in lieu of flowers, remembrances
be directed to local parishes she has
been involved with for many years:
St. Amelia’s Outreach Program or St.
Mary’s of Swormville Church or School.
No prior visitation. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday
at 10 AM at St. Mary’s Swormville (old
church), 6919 Transit Rd., Swormville.
Arrangements by THE DIETRICH
FUNERAL HOME, Inc. Online
condolences may be shared at
www.thedietrichfuneralhome.com