Lowell Ward Rooks – Major General, United States Army

FUNERAL SERVICE SET MONDAY FOR MAJOR GENERAL LOWELL ROOKS

WASHINGTON, May 11, 1973 – A service for Major General Lowell W. Rooks, retired, a member of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s staff in World War Ii and director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in 1947-48, will be held Monday at 11 A.M. in Arlington National Cemetery.

General Rooks, who commanded the 90th Division at the Battle of the Bulge, died January 17 in Nogales, Arizona, where he lived.  He was 80.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. R. J. Nunziato of Menlo Park, California, and Mrs. Thomas Morgan of Nogales and four grandchildren.


ROOKS, LOWELL WARD
MG USA
DATE OF BIRTH: 04/11/1893
DATE OF DEATH: 01/11/1973
BURIED AT: SECTION 46  SITE 1114-3
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

ROOKS, MARTHA P W/O LOWELL W
DATE OF BIRTH: 06/04/1901
DATE OF DEATH: 06/24/1972
BURIED AT: SECTION 46  SITE 1314-3
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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