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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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Spring Fever Fest Downtown Sturgis
This Friday is Spring Fever downtown. Starts noon to 6pm there will be vendors selling flowers and gardening items on the sidewalks and gardeners will be planting summer flowers downtown. From 5:30 - 8:30 all participating stores will have musicians. We have Josh Stutsman. So come on down and enjoy some music and flowers everywhere.
Saturday, 05 May 2012
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Toys, toys, toys.
We got in a huge shipment of toys this week. Classic toys from your childhood and no batteries required! We have toys that shoot foam discs, suction cups or water balloons. We have crazy specs, socks with toes, crystal growing kits, bug houses and a periscope for spying on grown-ups. Skip ball, bird call, balsa wood air planes, jump roap made from rubber bands, hackey saks, rocket baloons and bubbles, bubbles, bubbles! We have so many new toys you need to come in and see for yourself. We love Toysmith.
Saturday, 10 March 2012
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Thomas John Lowry Sr.
We all say goodbye to a beloved member of the Lowry family.
Age 85
Date of Death March 8, 2012
Place of Death Kalamazoo, Michigan
Service Details
Services will be at
11 a.m. Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Three Rivers. Family will
receive friends after the service in the parish hall. Private interment with military honors.
Hohner Funeral Home, Three Rivers, is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary Notice
He was born May 15, 1926, in
Dubuque, IA to Emmet and Irene (Hilliard) Lowry. He married Yvonne Imogene (Bohne) in
1954. Tom was a lifelong teacher, enlightening students at Pershing Elementary, Berwyn,
IIL, Dundee Middle School, Dundee, IL, and Marcellus Elementary and Marcellus Middle
School, Marcellus, MI. He also was an adjunct faculty in the Department of Theatre at
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. After retiring, he was the executive director
of Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Mich. (successfully leading the $750,000
capital fund-raiser that resulted in the creation of the Monroe Gallery and renovation of
the Carnegie Center). He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, proudly serving overseas
during World War II. He was extremely active in theater as an actor, singer, dancer,
makeup artist and director in many locations including Chicago, Jackson Hole, WY,
Kalamazoo and Three Rivers. Along with his wife and children, the Lowry family
entertained audiences in professional and semi-professional settings. Tom was adviser
for the Marcellus High School Honor Society, sponsor for the Marcellus Ski Club, was a
troop leader for Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts in Marcellus, a counselor at Camp Eberhart,
and was involved with Sing Out Kalamazoo. He belonged to the Marcellus Rotary Club
and was a board member of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. He was responsible for
expanding the arts available in the Three Rivers community, bringing many artists, ballet
and symphony to the Carnegie Center. He started an arts program for fourth-graders. He
offered religious instruction including pre-Cana, CCD and Christian Family Movement in
the Chicago area. Lowry was named Three Rivers Citizen of the Year in 1998. Education
included a bachelors degree at DePaul University, Chicago, and a masters degree from
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Yvonne,
of the home; six children, Thomas Lowry Jr., Three Rivers, Raymond Lowry, Tucson, AZ,
Eva Yore (Michael), Western Springs, IL, Patrick Lowry (Jennifer), Hays, KS, Matthew
Lowry, St. Paul, MN, and Mark Lowry (Ellen), Cary, IL; ten grandchildren, Gabrielle and
Caitlin Yore, Sophia Lowry, Jacob and Erin Lowry, Jessica Hopkins and Alexandra Lowry,
Chris and Kelly Krueger and Candace Passig; three great-grandchildren, Madison and
Gianna Hopkins, and Phylicia Shoemaker; and six great-great-grandchildren, Emma and
Caleb Shoemaker, Sky and Kylie Krueger, and Steven and Daniel Krueger. He is
preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Emmet, Robert, Quentin, Joseph and
Eugene Lowry; three sisters, Lorraine Lutz, Joan Beriger, and Virginia Martin; and two
daughters-in-law, Susan (Hotovy) Lowry, and Lynda (Jacobson) Lowry.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions may be made to the Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers.
Condolence Messages(1)
Our deepest sympathy is offered to the Lowry family at this time of loss. Tom was a true gentleman.
Del & Susan Martin from Three Rivers gave their condolences on 3/10/2012 at 8:23 AM
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
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We love you.
Happy Valentine's Day from Lowry's Books and More.
Monday, 13 February 2012
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abebooks.com
Abebooks.com is where we sell our used and rare books. We have sold books from as far as Japan. "ABE" as we call it, is like an Amazon of used/rare books. If there is something your looking for, check abebooks.com first. We hope to see you there.
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"Go Ask Alice" by ANON. Banned for graphic drug and sexual topics. Banned from many schools in several states. True story.
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"Never judge a book by it's movie" J W Egan
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"READ READ READ. Read everything." William Faulkner
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