Jacqueline Jean ‘Jackie’ Rowe Sleeman
SLEEMAN
Jacqueline Jean “Jackie” Rowe Sleeman, 81, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Tuesday morning, July 8, 2025, at her home, surrounded by her loving family and under the care of Mountain Hospice.
She was born Sunday, Jan. 30, 1944, at Elkins, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Herman Rowe Sr. and Margaret Price Rowe.
On July 3, 1962, she was married to James Allen Sleeman, who preceded her in death during 1989.
Surviving are two daughters, Paula J. Harris and husband, Brad, of Gilman and Lisa A. Mussi of Elkins; two grandchildren, Mark Harris and wife, Kaela, of Elkins, and Nick Harris of Elkins; two great-grandchildren, Aria and Aliyah Harris, who were the loves of her life; two brothers, Tom Rowe and wife, Sue, and Bill Rowe and wife, Reba, all of Montrose; three sisters, Patricia Long and Eloise Wilson, both of Elkins, and Barbara Rowe of Ohio; several nieces and nephews and friends.
Preceding her in death is one son, James Michael Sleeman; one grandson, Christopher M. Mussi; one brother, Herman Rowe Jr. and his wife Judy, who survives at Michigan.
She was a graduate of Elkins High School with the class of 1961. She and her husband lived in Titusville, Florida, for several years before moving back to Elkins. She had worked at the former Neales Drug Store, the Dari Delite, Montgomery Ward, K-Mart and retired from Walmart in 2008.
She was an excellent baker and enjoyed painting and working puzzles. She loved spending time with her family and especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was gentle and soft-spoken with a contagious smile.
A faithful servant of the Lord and is now at peace in the arms of our Lord and in his light we will find comfort.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins on Saturday, July 12, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Saturday at 1 p.m. Pastor Leon Brown will officiate and interment will follow at the Maplewood Cemetery at Elkins, West Virginia.
The family suggest that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to Mt. Hospice; Childlife Program WVU Children’s Hospital – wvumedicine.org.
The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Jacqueline Jean “Jackie” Rowe Sleeman.