Linda Louise Rowan

Linda Louise Rowan, age 66, of Volga, WV, died Thursday, October 1, 2026, at her daughter’s home in Buckhannon, WV.

She was born November 28, 1959, in VA, a daughter of the late Harold Claude and Easter Lilly Butcher Humphrey.

Surviving are three daughters, Charlotte Brown and husband Joseph of Girard, OH, Sheila Zickefoose of Elkins, WV, and Shelley Phillips and husband Michael Chris of Buckhannon; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one great-grandchild on the way; one brother, Harold Humphrey and wife Juanita of Buckhannon; and one sister, Brenda Jones and husband Rob of Buckhannon.

Ms. Rowan was a graduate of the Romney School for the Deaf and Blind, a Christian by faith, and a homemaker.

Friends will be received Friday, October 9, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with Pastor Jason Allen officiating. Burial will follow in the Buckhannon Memorial Park in Buckhannon.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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