Letha B. Rowley, 94, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2025 at Avera Brady Health and Rehab. Per her wishes; no services will be held. Memorial may be directed to an organization of your choice, in Letha's name.

Letha was born on November 13, 1930 at the Methodist Hospital in Mitchell, SD. She grew up on a farm northeast of Mitchell, attending Grant Elementary School in Perry Township and graduating from Mitchell High School in 1948. She attended Reynolds Business College, Mitchell (1948-1949) and was employed three years at Comstock's Real Estate and Insurance Company, Mitchell.

In 1952 Letha moved to Colton, California, attended San Bernardino Valley Jr. College (1956-1958) and Westmont College (1958-1960), earning her B.A. She lived in Waco, Texas a year and was employed at the Veteran's Administration Hospital. in 1961 she moved to Nashville, TN where she lived until November 1997, when she returned to Mitchell. In Nashville, Letha enjoyed employment at Peabody College,  the John F Kennedy Center, and Vanderbilt University.

In April 1976 Letha began her "adventure", setting off on the first of four stints to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her positions were with the Medical Directors at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (1976-1980), the King Fahd National Guard Hospital (1983-1985), and the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (1991-1993, 1994-1995). Those ten years were, Letha often said, the best years of her life, enabling her to learn of other nationalities and cultures, and to travel the world over.

Letha was preceded in death by her parents, Claude Alfred (Fred) and Ethel Blunt Rowley, a brother, Leonard, and a cherished friend, Ann McInally.

She is survived by her sister in-law, Beverly Laird Rowley, and nieces and nephews, Vickie Semmler, Gary Rowley, Laurie Rowley, Sara Ackermann and Kris Rowley.