Harold L. Dowding, 99, of 51 Summerhill Drive, Central Square, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center of Syracuse, NY. Harold was born August 15, 1911, in Elmira, NY. He is the son of the late Walter and the late Fra Dowding. He was predeceased by his wife of 72 years, Ruth, on Oct. 30, 2010. He served in the Navy during World War II, from 1943 to 1945, ship repair unit USS Alcor-Staten Island Repair Depot, and attended Syracuse University and Oswego State College and various schools at Ford in Detroit and General Motors at Batavia, NY, and taught at Central Technical High School in Syracuse, retiring in July of 1972. He is survived by two daughters, Mary Jane (Louis) Salato of Mattydale, NY, and Nancy (Richard) Umbel of GA; one son, Thomas Dowding of North Syracuse, NY; seven grandchildren; and nine great- grandchildren. Calling hours will be Tuesday, November 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Sears-Middleton- Jones Funeral Home Inc., 209 North Main Street (Rte. 11), North Syracuse, NY, followed by a funeral service at 6 p.m. Burial will be in White Chapel Memory Gardens in Dewitt on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Memorials may be made to West Side Manor Residents Activity Fund.
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on November 14, 2010
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on November 14, 2010
Harold L. Dowding, 99, of 51 Summerhill Drive, Central Square, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center of Syracuse, NY. Harold was born August 15, 1911, in Elmira, NY. He is the son of the late Walter and the late Fra Dowding. He was predeceased by his wife of 72 years, Ruth, on Oct. 30, 2010. He served in the Navy during World War II, from 1943 to 1945, ship repair unit USS Alcor-Staten Island Repair Depot, and attended Syracuse University and Oswego State College and various schools at Ford in Detroit and General Motors at Batavia, NY, and taught at Central Technical High School in Syracuse, retiring in July of 1972. He is survived by two daughters, Mary Jane (Louis) Salato of Mattydale, NY, and Nancy (Richard) Umbel of GA; one son, Thomas Dowding of North Syracuse, NY; seven grandchildren; and nine great- grandchildren. Calling hours will be Tuesday, November 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Sears-Middleton- Jones Funeral Home Inc., 209 North Main Street (Rte. 11), North Syracuse, NY, followed by a funeral service at 6 p.m. Burial will be in White Chapel Memory Gardens in Dewitt on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Memorials may be made to West Side Manor Residents Activity Fund.
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on November 14, 2010
Published in Syracuse Post Standard on November 14, 2010
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