Memorial Service Set for Drowning Victim Eric Owen
A memorial service for Eric Gregory Owen, 19, of San Juan Capistrano, who drowned while swimming in the Colorado River, will be conducted at 4 p.m. Monday at St. Margaret Episcopal Church, 31641 La Novia Ave. in San Juan Capistrano.
Eric Owen, the son of prominent south county developer Gus Owen, was pulled under by turbulence near the Headgate Dam at Parker, Ariz., on Saturday afternoon. As of late Thursday his body had not been recovered.
The younger Owen, who was a student at Saddleback College, had accompanied his sister, Melissa, 17, and other new graduates of Dana Hills High School on an outing to the Colorado River. “Eric was swimming and floating on the river when he got caught in the turbulence,” his father said. A friend who was swimming with him was rescued.
Eric Owen, a soccer player and sports enthusiast, was a 1984 graduate of Capistrano Valley High School. In addition to his father and sister Melissa, he is survived by another sister, Karna, 22, and his mother, Nan Owen, of San Juan Capistrano.
The family has requested that expressions of sympathy be in donations to the Eric Owen Memorial Fund, 31401 Aguacate Road, San Juan Capistrano 92675.
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