It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of Don Lowe on October 23, 2018. He was 92 years old. Don was surrounded by his loving family at the time of his passing in Sublimity, OR.

Don was born in Portland OR to Forrest and Hazel (Colt) Lowe along with his brother Forrest (Bud) Lowe Jr.

Don attended college at Lewis and Clark obtaining a B.S. in Chemistry in 1950. Don served in the Navy during WWII from 1943 to 1946 and was stationed in the South Pacific and received several medals for his service. Don worked for PGE for 33 years from 1953 to his retirement in 1986 in various roles from Sales/Marketing to District Manager.

Don married Beverly LeVeille in 1950 and later had five Children; Andre Lowe, Bruce (Linda) Lowe, Craig (Shari) Lowe, Donald Jr. (Diana) Lowe, and Elise (Mark) Jones.

Don and family came to the Dundee/Newberg area in the late 1950s where he served on the Dundee Planning Commission and the Dundee Volunteer Fire Dept. and was also a member of St. Peters Parish in Newberg.

Don and family later moved to the Silverton area in the mid 1970s to take over the District Manager position for PGE where he was also on the Silverton Hospital Board of Directors, Silverton Rotary and Silverton Chamber of Commerce including a Citizen of the Year award. Don was also a member of St. Paul church in Silverton.

Don is preceded in death by his wife of 56 years Beverly Lowe, brother Forrest (Bud) Lowe, son Andre Lowe, son in law Daniel (Butch) Schmidgall and grandson Kyle Lowe.

Don leaves behind 6 grand children Brian (Sarah) Lowe, Sarah (Will) Later, Dylan Schmidgall, Heather (Nick) Purdy , Justin (Julie) Lowe and Lorien Lowe as well as 4 great grand children Abigal Lowe, Isabel Lowe, Teagan Lowe and Ayla Lowe.

Don will be missed greatly by his family.

Memorial service to be held Thursday November 1st, 2018 at 1 pm at Unger Funeral Chapel in Silverton, OR.