Dudley "Bruce" Cowan

NORFOLK – Funeral service for Dudley “Bruce” Cowan, 94, of Norfolk, will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, January 18, 2025, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 100 El Camino Dr., Norfolk, NE 68701. Interment will be held at the Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Norfolk. Visitation will begin 1 hour prior to the service on Saturday, also at the church. Military rites will be provided by the American Legion Post 16, V.F.W. Post 1644, of Norfolk and the United States Army Honor Guard. Bruce passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at the Blessings Senior Care Assisted Living Center in Anaheim, CA. Stonacek Funeral Chapel is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Bruce was born on April 12, 1930, in Las Cruces, New Mexico to Clyde and Ella (Bryan) Cowan. Bruce enlisted in the United States Army from June 1947 to June 1949. He attended West Point Military Academy in New York. Later he attended San Diego State University in California. On May 22, 1954, Bruce married Dorothy Kornhauser. He would later marry La Jean Ruth Peterson on July 23, 1977. Bruce worked as an aerospace engineer for many years. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and served as a branch President in Norfolk, NE. Bruce is survived by his children; Jane (Stanley) Zeidner of West Bloomfield, MI, Robert (Lisa) Cowan of Laguna Beach, CA, Anne Cowan of Olympia, WA, Josef (Laura) Cowan of San Juan Capistrano, CA, daughter-in-law; Ziba Cowan, brother; Andrew (Linda) Cowan of Pacific, MO, stepdaughters; Melanie (Steve) Adams of Crossville, TN, Deborah Peterson of Valley Village, CA, grandchildren; Jason Cowan, Dylan Cowan, Joshua Zeidner, Zachary Zeidner, Sasha Zeidner, Gabriel Zeidner, Ariel Zeidner, Robert (Donia) Cowan, Sarah (Patrick) Larsen, Amanda (Adam) Cubbage, Alexander Cowan, Jack Cowan, Sam Cowan, Kathleen (Scott) Lathrop, Andrew Adams, Carter (Rachel) Adams and great-grandchildren; Clint and Ruby Cowan, Piper and Luke Larsen, Giorgia and Francesca Cubbage, and Kensington and Kirsten Lathrop. Bruce is preceded in death by his wife La Jean Cowan, parents Clyde and Ella Cowan, brothers Wayne Cowan and Robert Cowan, sister Louise Borden, and children Richard Cowan and Mary Dubreuil. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Dudley "Bruce" Cowan

April 12, 1930 - December 4, 2024