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Winifred "Freddie" Dowling

El Paso, Texas

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May 11, 2018
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El Paso, Texas

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On Friday, May 11, 2018 Winifred "Freddie" Baumer Dowling formerly of El Paso, Texas and Washington D.C., died of a stroke. Her daughter, Valerie, was at her side. Freddie received her education at Marymount College, Tarrytown, N.Y. and the University of the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Upon...

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Kind, friendly, brilliant, optimistic, and intelligent. Wonderful person, very inspirational lady. God bless you and your family.

God bless you Freddie Dowling and your family. You were an inspiration and a wonderful professor and former client from years ago. I am sorry that I just found about your passing. You are in Heaven and one of the reasons I pursued a masters degree.

When I met Freddie, in 1959 or 60 in Paris, she was smart, sympathetic, interesting, easy to laugh, sexy, upbeat and absolute straight-forward. She had a command of French that was amazing, from the slightest inflections to visual nuances. We became close friends. But as she grew older, she became in many ways a great lady, open-hearted and somehow larger than life. I lost track of her for many years, rekindled our friendship briefly and lost it again after her first stroke. But I will...

Freddie and I lived across the hall from one another in Washington, DC. As I had not received a card from Freddie I felt concern. This notice sends waves of sadness through my heart and tears streaming down my face.

Freddie was a talented historian and generous person. Her enthusiasm for scholarship, and her overall good will was simply boundless. It was a pleasure to have worked with her and to have known her. What a kind and optimistic person she was! I give my condolences to the family.