Optometry in Chicago for three years. He
graduated cum laude and was a member
of the honor society Tomb and Key.
Dr. Rowe stated to practice optometry in
June 1948, opening an office upstairs from
his father's store on Jos. Campau and the
Boulevard.
In January 1990, Dr. Rowe was diag-
nosed with stage 4 prostate cancer and
was given a year to live. The cancer went
into remission and his treatment was
discontinued for the last five years. He had
strong will and drive to continue on with
his life despite numerous other adversities.
He is survived by his son and daughter-
in-law, Dr. Michael and Joanne Rowe of
Farmington Hills; grandchildren, Melissa
and Jeremy Rowe. He is also survived by
Mark Rowe.
Dr. Rowe was the loving brother of the
late Dr. Harold Rowe.
Interment at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to Ann
Little, M.D., Neuromuscular Disease
and Peripheral Neuropathy Department
of Neurology, University of Michigan,

1914 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical
Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5316.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

ALICIA ANN (ROSEN)
SCHWARTZ, 49, of
Bloomfield Hills, died
Oct. 11, 2010.
She grew up in
Livonia and Southfield
and attended
Southfield-Lathrup
Schwartz
High School. She gradu-
ated from Michigan State University in
1983 and earned a master's in special
education from Oakland University in
1988, a field she taught in within the
Oakland County Schools for many years.
Mrs. Schwartz loved people in general
and especially children. Although initially
told she could not have children herself,
she and husband, David, fought for seven
years before finally hitting the jackpot
with three beautiful boys, beginning in
1995.
She was widely known and loved for

her unusually engaging and loving spirit.
She greeted everyone with a beaming and
infectious enthusiasm that made friends
and children feel loved, uplifted and
cherished. As wife and mother, sister and
daughter, teacher, colleague, neighbor
and friend, she lovingly touched many
lives.
As her own children grew, Mrs.
Schwartz dedicated many hours as a
room mother in various schools and
classrooms in the Birmingham schools.
She was an avid supporter of her boys'
academic and athletic pursuits and an
enthusiastic booster of her beloved MSU
Spartans. She recently reveled in the
presence of many friends at the 30th
reunion of her 1979 high school gradua-
tion class.
The same determined optimism with
which Mrs. Schwartz faced the challenge
of having children was also evident in
her response to her short struggle with
Amyloidosis, a bone marrow disorder
that damages the heart.
She was the beloved wife of David

Schwartz; dear mother of Brett, Daniel
and Jacob Schwartz; adored daughter
of Seymour and Janet Rosen; sister of
Andrea (Douglas) Stone and Adam
Rosen; aunt of Noah and Katya Stone;
sister-in-law of Judy (Ken) Warshaw and
Diane Schwartz and Mitchell Wolff; aunt
of Randee, Erika and Bradley Warshaw,
Olivia and Adrienne Wolff; daughter-
in-law of Robert and Harriet Schwartz;
niece of Leo and Ceci Rosen. She is also
survived by many other loving family
and friends.
Contributions may be made to
support research on the illness of
Amyloidosis at: Brigham and Woman's
Hospital Cardiac Amyloidosis Program,
do BWH Development Office (specify
Amyloidosis Program), 116 Huntington
Ave., Boston, MA 02116; (617) 421-6094.
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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