Dowdle, John A., Sr.
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 29 Apr 2004, p. 172
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1923-01-09
Spouse: Julia Dowdle (nee McGuire)
Survived by: His wife, Julia; seven sons, John (Anne), Stephen (Nancy), Carey (Rosemary), Kevin, Rick (Shannon), Denis (Mary) and Michael (Chmaine); four daughters, Julie Rogers, Mary (Harvey) Potts-Levine, Kathy (John) Mahowald and Sheila (Peter) Steger; 33 grandchildren; two brothers, J. Jerome (Mary) and James C. (Sally); nieces and nephews
Age 81; born in Chicago to Raymond and Elizabeth Carey Dowdle; 1941 graduate of Loyola Academy and attended Loyola U.; in WWII served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1942-46; married 1947; started in the coal business before forming and becoming president of Romona Stone, in 1968 began a career in the financial services industry, retiring in 1998; active on the board of trustees at Loyola Academy for 10+ years, also on boards of Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity Parish, Big Shoulders and Sierra Club, very involved with the Link Program, helping inner city students with financial support for college; preceded in death by his brother Rayond R. (Dee) and sister Mary (late Jack) Lucas
Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery, Evanston - Date of Publication
- 29 Apr 2004
- Date Of Event
- April 22, 2004
- Last Name(s)
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Dowdle
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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