WWII veteran, 100, receives military honors at funeral

February 18, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.

by Joe Gamm

Alexa Pfeiffer/News Tribune photo: Chief Warrant Officer Isom Folsom of the Missouri National Guard presents a folded flag to the family of Wilburn C. Rowden during his funeral Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens in Jefferson City.
Alexa Pfeiffer/News Tribune photo: Chief Warrant Officer Isom Folsom of the Missouri National Guard presents a folded flag to the family of Wilburn C. Rowden during his funeral Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens in Jefferson City.


Wilburn C. Rowden was a man of very few words.

But he said a lot in his brief statements, said retired Air Force Col. John W.

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