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1959
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2020
James Dowdell Obituary
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Bill Watson
March 3, 2021
Had the pleasure of working with James in Tampa . He was a great electrician and he will be missed
Joe kreider
September 12, 2020
See ya letter brother, bless you on your journey. We had journey working together ourselves.
Roy Conner
September 8, 2020
I will always remember him for laugh and sense of humor. He is missed.
Barry Jordan
August 31, 2020
Very sorry to hear of Jim's passing. My condolences to his family and friends. I traveled to Nicaragua with Jim for two weeks in August 1992 with a small volunteer group including students from Rochester NY. Our work consisted of electrifying a village well and building a children's playground. We became instant friends. What a great guy! We reconnected several times after our trip, including once in Connecticut after he met Mary. (I am from Groton, CT originally). I recently moved, found the old photographs, and wondered where he was. I lost track of him when they moved to Florida. The trip to Nicaragua changed my life and I have SO MANY great memories of Jim. Don't think I would have made it through the trip without his help. I remember one night in particular after a long hot day of work, sitting outside in the dark, drinking a beer, being fascinated with the horizontal lightning, talking about life, and listening to Bruce Cockburn's album "Stealing Fire", which we both loved. I'm going to cue that up again this evening, head out in the darkness to check on the star-fields, and toast my good friend with "dos cervesas" !!
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