Joan Owen Visit

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of visiting with Joan Owen, wife of the pastor of the Welsh Church in Detroit. Joan, and her (now deceased) husband John not only used to live in Detroit when he was the pastor there, but then subsequently came to Mount Gilead where John pastored the church that Kathy and I now attend, First Presbyterian Church of Mount Gilead. While they lived here, they became very close friends with our (now current) neighbors, Chuck and Dolores Reutter. Joan currently lives in Lisbon, OH about 2 hours east of here, just a few minutes south of Youngstown, OH.

Joan stopped and spent the day and evening at Chuck & Dolores' and today is on her way to visit her grandson (Marion's oldest) who is a sophomore at Ohio Weslyan University in Delaware, OH just about 40 minutes south of us.

On Sunday, she'll be attending a Gymanfu Ganu in Westerville, OH (northeast Columbus) at Central College Presbyterian Church.  She is quite active still in the Welsh community nationwide, serving on many boards and committees and has even worked as part of a team compiling and publishing a Welsh songbook.

Both Marion and Roderick live in Virginia, about an hour apart from each other and Roderick is a college professor at Mary Baldwin College where he teaches philosophy and religion.

I'm sorry I never asked what Marion is now doing, but I did find out that each has 3 boys, so Joan has 6 grandsons.  Although she doesn't have email, I know she'd love to hear from you girls, so I'll send you her address and phone when I get it from Chuck and Dolores.