Patrick Dowling

He was the love of my life. We were so young. Married and lived in Southport and San Franciso together. Best regards to his family. Debbie Arnold

i was homeless in the winter of seventy three and pat allowed me to stay with him when he was house sitting his sister and brother in law's apartment while they were honeymooning in greece. he even found me work as a carpenter's apprentice. pat was working on the inaugural issue of "the maine catalog". we walked along congress street every morning from the promenade to the erebus building. i left portland when the honey mooners returned. i don't know when pat left maine but the next time i saw him he featured on the front page of the southport, north carolina newspaper with the headline "writer envisions artists colony here".

God go with the family at this time. Pat was a contact for me at the City of Myrtle Beach when I covered the city beat for Cox Cable's news department in the mid-eighties. He was always professional with a humorous flair, when news was news and your views were your views. I am really sorry about his passing.

Hope for peace and comfort for his beloved family!