John R. Dowd

LOWELL - John R. "Jack" Dowd, Jr., 63, a resident of the Christian Hill Neighborhood in the Centralville Section of Lowell, died Wednesday morning, October 17, 2007 at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington, MA. He was the husband of Jean A. (Wholey) Dowd with whom he would have celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on November 4.
Born in Lowell on May 3, 1944, he was a son of the late John R. Dowd, Sr. and Alice M. (Welch) Dowd.
He was a graduate of Keith Academy, Class of 1961 and attended St. Bonaventure University in New York.
Mr. Dowd was employed for over 40 years by the Raytheon Corp. of Tewksbury as a draftsman.
He was a lifelong communicant of St. Michael Church.
In addition to his wife he is survived by a son, Michael B. Dowd of Lowell; a daughter, Catherine E. "Cate" Hugo and her husband John J. of Lowell; two brothers, David W. Dowd and his wife Angela of Chelmsford and James A. Dowd of Stoneham; three grandchildren, Emily Grace Dowd, Madison Olivia Hugo and Lily Cate Hugo; a daughter-in-law, Penny Dowd of Dracut; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Edward R. and Janet Wholey of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Paul C. and Kathy Wholey of Dracut, Donna M. Wholey-Thivierge and Alan Thivierge of Dracut and Martha Dowd of Lowell; also several nieces and nephews. He also leaves a lifelong friend, Tommy White and his wife Pat of Dracut.