Lyndell Rowland

Lyndell Raye Rowland, age 88, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2022, at Hinds Hospice in Fresno, CA. Lyndell was born November 16, 1933 to Jack and Flora Stalcup in Bakersfield, CA. After beginning school in a one room school house just outside of Bakersfield, her father's work took the family to east Los Angeles where Lyndell grew up and attended school. As a young lady, in the mid 1940's, she was baptized for the remission of her sins and remained a faithful member of the Church of Christ throughout the rest of her life. Between her junior and senior year of high school the family moved to North Hollywood. Following their relocation, Lyndell graduated from Hollywood High School at the Hollywood Bowl in 1951. Following graduation, she was married to Don Rowland November 25, 1954. God blessed this union with three children: Janet (July 21, 1955), Jim (September 30, 1959), and Jackie (July l0, 1963). Lyndell began her working career at Pac Bell, where she worked for about 10 years. In 1981, she went to work for MCA where she worked as an executive assistant for 16 years. Although often surrounded by the glitz and glamour of Hollywood in her working years, she was never impressed by it. Lyndell's greatest love was for the Lord, His Church, her family, and her friends. Throughout her life, Lyndell loved everyone and everyone loved her. She was an amazing listener. Her calm and loving demeanor invited people to share the burdens of their life with her. This included her family, her closest friends, celebrities calling to speak with her boss at MCA, and complete strangers. For Lyndell, a hurried trip to the grocery store could easily turn into a counseling session on the cereal aisle. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her. The world will be a tougher place to navigate without her friendly smile, her contagious laugh, her calming voice, her inner strength, her gentle hands, her inexhaustible kindness toward others, and her stable wisdom. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother-in-law Paul Mackey, her sister Gene Mackey, her daughter Janet Trent, and her granddaughter Megan Trent. She is survived by her husband Don Rowland of Clovis, CA, her son Jim Rowland of Sacramento, CA, her daughter Jackie Rowland, of Seattle, WA, her son-in-law Geary Trent of Clovis, her grandson Matt Trent and wife Rachel of Norman, OK, her grandson Andy Trent and wife Rendi of Oakdale, CA, her granddaughter Lori Culver of Clovis, CA, her grandson Cameron Rowland and wife Leslie of Tuscon, AZ and her grandson Connor Rowland of Eugene, OR, 12 great-grandchildren, and a great number of extended family and friends.