Obituary of Tammy Belinda Paulette Rowe

After a sudden and heartbreaking battle with cancer, Tammy passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, surrounded by the love of her children. Tammy was 63 years of age.

Loving and devoted mother to her daughter, Jessie, and son, Max (Jessica). Cherished little sister to David (Charlotte), Steven (Deborah) and Lisa. Aunt to Derek, Jenal (Andrew), Christine, Robert (Sandra), Melissa (Charlie), Dexter and Teddy. Great Aunt to Jade, Everitt, William, Lily, River, Bronwyn, Emily, Sydney, Russell and Isaac. Tammy is already missed by her family, dear friends, students, coworkers, neighbours and church community.

Predeceased by her beloved parents, Paul Dolson (1965) and Jean (Wolfe Dolson) Graham (2019), her grandparents, Alvin and Beaulah (Swance) Wolfe, her great-grandmother, Ida May (Fleet) Swance (her dear “Granny Cooney”), her Aunt Donna (Wolfe), and her infant daughter, Hope Constance Rowe (1998).

Tammy was born in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1961. After the tragic loss of her father, Tammy watched her mom push forward courageously to build a life for their family. Tammy spent her childhood on Waterloo Street, playing outside with her many friends until the street lights came on. Following her mother’s lead, Tammy dreamed big. She built meaningful careers in advertising, teaching and at Wilfrid Laurier University. Tammy raised a beautiful family with her husband of 26 years, Robert Rowe, the love of her life. She was born to be a mom, and spent the best years of her life with her children in her dream home on Old Mill Road, her eternal heaven.

The family will receive visitors at Erb & Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S, Waterloo, on Friday, September 5, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral service will take place at Forest Hill United Church, 121 Westmount Rd. E, Kitchener, on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. Private family interment to take place at Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo. A reception will follow the family interment in the Church Fellowship Hall.

In lieu of flowers, condolences for the family or donations to oneROOF Youth Services can be arranged through the funeral home at 519-745-8445 or at www.erbgood.com.