John R. "Jack" Dowd Jr.

John R. 'Jack' Dowd, Jr. Centralville resident, Raytheon worker; 63 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. DOWD died in Burlington, Oct. 17, John R. "Jack" Dowd, Jr., 63, of Lowell. Relatives and friends may call at the McKENNA-OUELLETTE FUNERAL HOME, 327 Hildreth Street, from 4 until 8 PM on Friday. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday morning at 10 AM in St. Michael Church. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery. For those who wish, donations in his name may be made to the Joslin Diabetes Foundation, 15 Joslin Rd., Boston, MA 02115. For directions or condolences, www.mckennaouellette.com