Friday, October 29, 1999
Policeman remembered for professionalism
BY JANICE MORSE
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HAMILTON — Ralph Brian Rowe, the first active-duty Hamilton police officer to die since 1986, will be remembered for his professionalism and his sunny disposition, said Police Chief Neil Ferdelman.
“Officer Rowe was a true professional, who remained excited about his job, and performed his duties with enthusiasm,” Chief Ferdelman said.
An eight-year veteran, Officer Rowe died suddenly early Wednesday after a blood vessel burst in his head. He was 41.
Just hours earlier, Chief Ferdelman had spotted Officer Rowe making a traffic stop on B Street. The chief said he gave the officer a thumbs-up sign along with a quizzical look to ascertain that he was OK. He “gave a crooked little smile and then saluted me,” Chief Ferdelman said. “Little did I know that the next time I would see him, he wouldn't see me.”
Fellow officers found Officer Rowe in his car parked in Combs Park.
Chief Rowe leaves his wife of two years, Nioka; three sons, Matthew, Anthony and Nicholas, and a daughter, Tasha, all at home; and his parents, Ralph and Lillian Rowe of Indianapolis.
Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at Courts of Praise Christian Center, 7474 Morris Road in Fairfield Township, with the service to follow at 1:30 p.m. A police and funeral procession to Indianapolis, where he will be buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, will follow the service.
Brown Dawson Funeral Home in Hamilton is handling arrangements.
Memorials can be made to the Courts of Praise.
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