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Rhoda May Chowen Ross was born March 23, 1932 in Onaway, Michigan, the eldest of four children to Daniel Wesley Cecil Chowen and Alice Bergen Dunham Chowen.
She graduated as a Registered Nurse from Saginaw General Hospital in 1953 and married Paul Herbert Ross in 1954. They raised four children in Frankenmuth, Michigan before moving to Athens, AL in 1975.
She is predeceased by her parents; brothers Allen, Hugh, and Richard Chowen; husband;and daughter, Paula Ross Nordan.
She is survived by children, Craig (Gabriele), Carla, and Kathleen Ross;grandsons, Paul (Jessica) and Taylor Nordan and Jeremy (Monica) and Michael Ross; and great grandsons AJ and Hunter Nordan.
