Dowdey, Donald - 1923-1990

DOWDEY, GARTHWAITE, RICHMOND

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Date: 9/11/2013 at 12:28:39

Hawarden Independent, June 21, 1990

Funeral services for Donald Dowdey, 66, of Hawarden were held Thursday in First Baptist Church in Hawarden with interment in Grace Hill Cemetery.

He died Monday, June 18, 1990 in Hawarden.

Donald was born August 27, 1923, in Hawarden. He graduated from Hawarden High School in 1943 and attended Nettleton Business College. He served in the Air Force from June of 1943 until January of 1946.

He owned and operated Dowdey Furniture Store.

On February 16, 1947, he married Bonnie Garthwaite in Hawarden. She died on March 21, 1985. On December 7, 1986, he married Marilyn Richmond in Hawarden.

Survivors include his wife, one son, one daughter, three stepsons, his mother, 11 grandchildren, one brother, Kenneth of Inwood and a sister.