Rowena Calfee died peacefully in her sleep on May 14, 2019, at her residence in Austin, Texas. Private graveside services will be Saturday, May 18, at Rosemound Cemetery. Rowena was born on March 22, 1923, in Waco, Texas, to Annie Pearl Mosely Long and Franklin Roy Long. After her parents divorced, Rowena’s mother married Van Oliver Nabors, and he became Rowena’s dad from that time forward. She graduated from West Junior High School and Waco High School, and then attended Baylor University until she married Richard Wisdom “Dick” Calfee on April 19, 1941. Rowena and Dick had 5 children, Richard Van Calfee, Suzanne Lucille Calfee, Gary Wayne Calfee, Sue Ellen Calfee, and William Benjamin “Bill” Calfee III. Suzanne died shortly after birth, and the other four children are still surviving. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Carolyn Suzanne Calfee, Rachel Anne Hochman, Adrienne Michelle Hochman, and Taylor Brooke Calfee; and three great grandchildren, Benjamin Andre Calfee Choucroun, Julia Rose Calfee Choucroun and Van Hochman. Her children’s spouses also survive her, Barbara “Jeanie” Calfee, Laura Pickett Calfee, Roger Hochman, and Tommie Calfee. The family invites you to leave a message or memory in our “Tribute Wall” at www.WHBfamily.com.
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