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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate NEWS NOW The white band mystery: Did volcanic ash cause turbidity in Emigrant Lake? ... Bernie Sanders draws 19,000 to Portland's Moda Center ... Medford gamer wins $6.6 million in e-sports competition ... The white band mystery: Did volcanic ash cause turbidity in Emigrant Lake? ... Bernie Sanders draws 19,000 to Portland's Moda Center ... Medford gamer wins $6.6 million in e-sports competition ... Melvin John (Jack) Rowe III MD Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted Nov. 13, 2014 at 2:00 AM Posted Nov. 13, 2014 at 2:00 AM » Social News Born October 8, 1941 in Long Beach, Calif. Died at home November 11, 2014 in Medford, Ore. of myelodysplastic syndrome with the aid of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Born a fourth-generation Long Beach resident to M. John Rowe Jr. MD and Grace Rowe on October 8, 1941, Jack graduated from Long Beach Wilson High class of '59. He attended Stanford University for 3 years and then was accepted at the University of Michigan Medical School. He returned to California for his Neurology Residency at UCLA, then went to the Mayo Clinic for a Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship. He served as a Major in the USAF Medical Corps in Dayton, Ohio, then held teaching and research positions at UC San Diego and UC Irvine. From 1975 until 1994, he practiced Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology in Long Beach and was director of the LB Memorial Medical Center Neurology Lab. Jack was a dedicated, compassionate physician who took his patients' care and his career ethics very seriously. He married Carol Clark Rowe in 1965. They had 3 children, Katie, James, and Carrie and later divorced. During those years in Long Beach, he raced his Cal 25' sailboat and tinkered with an Apple II home computer, serial number 149. He loved camping and stargazing in the desert with his kids. He married Connie Boddicker Seaman in 1989. They moved to Lubbock, Texas in 1994 where he taught at Texas Tech University Medical Center. After Connie's death, he married Janet Boddicker Vigil in 1996. He retired in 1999 and they moved to Medford, Ore., where Janet had lived prior to their marriage. In Oregon he was introduced to fly fishing, rod building, and fly tying by a number of friends in the Rogue Flyfishers. He was soon taking RV trips to fishing sites around the West with Janet and friends and they enjoyed drift boat fishing on the Rogue and Klamath rivers. He loved the Zen of mowing with the tractor on the Boddicker siblings' property on the Big Island and spending time with his expanded family. During his lifetime Jack traveled across the U.S. and in Europe, the Middle East, and Egypt. A rabid reader and life-long student, he enjoyed his medical journals, science fiction, history, archaeology, TED talks, crossword puzzles, playing with static electricity, and studying math and physics. He had a quick wit, was insightful, couldn't remember names, was quiet, and often hermit-like. He appreciated opera and Gilbert and Sullivan. He played the classical guitar and piano. He was Janet's computer guru. At Christmas, he presented homemade gifts (often made in his shop) of ingenious mechanisms, puzzles, and impossibles to intrigue and frustrate. At his request, Jack's 73rd birthday party was his celebration of life. Thirty-four relatives attended the roast and he enjoyed himself immensely. Jack was predeceased by his parents; his wife, Connie; and his brother-in-law, Charlie Boddicker. He is survived by his children, Katie Rowe, Long Beach, Calif., James Rowe, Seattle, Wash., Carrie Rowe Bellis and husband John, Denver, Colo. and their sons, Colin and Garrett; ex-wife, Carol Clark Rowe; Connie's children, Stacey Seaman, Austin, Texas and David Seaman, Park City, Utah. Also surviving are his wife, Janet Rowe; her son, Bob Vigil, Springfield, Ore. and his wife, LaDonna and children, Andrea Vigil and Kelly Vigil; her daughter, Lisa Vigil Schattinger, Shaker Heights, Ohio, her husband, Doug and son, Ben. In addition he leaves his sister, Sue Rowe, Rocklin, Calif., her children, Debi DeVinna and David DeVinna; his wife, Suzanne and their children ,Ashley and Sara; and many close-knit cousins. Family members are hosting an informal Open House on Saturday, November 15, 2014 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at home at 1630 Meadowview Dr. R.V. Manor Campus. Memorial contributions may be made to Asante Hospice, 2960 Doctors Park Dr. Medford OR 97504. 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