Saratoga Springs, NY Harold Joseph Rowland, known as Joe Rowland of Pinewood Ave., passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011. He was 93. Born on Oct. 18, 1917 in Saratoga Springs, NY, he was a son of the late Frank J. and Mary T. Fleming Rowland. A 1935 graduate of St. Peters Academy in Saratoga Springs, he graduated from New York State College for Teachers in 1939. He attended the Eastman School of Business in Saratoga Springs and worked as a cost accountant at the G.F. Harvey Company in Saratoga Springs and later taught Social Studies in the Stillwater High School in 1944. In 1945, he attended Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City from which he earned his Masters of Art Degree. Joe began teaching history in the Nyack School System in Rockland County, NY in 1945, from which he retired in 1972. During this period he attended graduate school at Fordham University and Seton Hall University. Following retirement from teaching, he then worked for eight years as a sales clerk in Bambergers Department Store in Nanuet, NY. In 1980, he returned to Saratoga Springs and later worked in the gift shop of the Historical Society in the Casino in Congress Park. While living in Nyack, Joe travelled the world and then returned home to spend time in his garden and with the thoroughbreds. He is predeceased by his parents, three brothers John, Francis and Edward (Ned) and nephew, Edward J. Rowland. To many family and friends he was known as Uncle Joe. He is survived by his nieces: Marge Rowland, Sandra Butler, Fonda Howard and many great nieces, nephews and cousins; the Co-eds and his beloved canine companions, Stella and Cotton. Relatives and friends may call from 4 to 8pm Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Home, 628 North Broadway (584-5373). A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10am Wednesday in the Church of St. Peter, 241 Broadway, by the Very Rev. Dominic S. Ingemie, pastor. Burial will follow in the family plot at St. Peter's Cemetery, West Avenue. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations may be made in his name to Adirondack Save-A-Stray, 4880 Route 9N, Corinth, NY 12822. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.