Published by admin on Tue, 11/03/2020 - 11:40am
As a teenager during World War II, Anita Rowden narrowly escaped a Nazi work camp, traversed several European countries on foot and finally managed to reunite with her mother, who had just been liberated from a concentration camp. She credited her Christian faith with giving her the strength to continue.
To her family, however, Rowden was simply a caring mother and grandmother who occasionally happened to share her unbelievable story.
"She was just my Nana," said granddaughter Gina Smith of Montrose. "A wonderful, loving, attentive grandma."
