Submitted by
Karen Stewart

IRIS D LOWRY

Iris D. Lowry, former resident of Ponca City, died on Monday, July 14, 2003, in Arkansas City, Kan., at the home of her daughter Sue and her husband Ernest Patrick, where she had resided for the past three years. She was 91.
A graveside service will be held at Odd Fellows Cemetery on Friday, July 18, at 9 a.m. with the Rev. Dr. Sheila Combs-Francis, Albright Methodist Church, officiating. Services are under the direction of the Trout Funeral Home.
Iris D. Alley was born in Washington County on March 28, 1912, the daughter of Iva and Chalmer Alley. She received her early education in Bartlesville and Blackwell and the University Preparatory School (NOC) in Tonkawa. She married Burnie G. Lowry on Aug. 30, 1932. They were longtime members of the Sunshine Beagle Club and the Ponca City Genealogy Society.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Sue and Ernest Patrick of Arkansas City, Kan., and Janice and Ken Whinery of Norman; one son, Jeff Lowry of Montgomery, Texas; ten grandchildren, Karen Young, Jon Patrick, Paul Whinery, Sam Whinery, Tom Whinery, Kathy McDuffie, Sheryl Tate, Stephen Lowry, Michael Lowry and Andrew Lowry; nine great-grandchildren, Jace Patrick, Stephanie Whinery, Joshua Whinery, Michelle Whinery, Rachel Whinery, Brandi Shedd, Tyler Tate, Jeré Tate and Madison McDuffie.
She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Scott Lowry; two brothers, Dayton O. Alley and Reginald "Bus" Alley; a daughter-in-law, Cynthia Lowry; and a great-grandchild, Tanner Tate.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ponca City Humane Society, 900 W. Prospect, Ponca City, Okla. 74601 or to Hospice Care, 1401 Main, Winfield, Kan. 67156.