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Maxine Dowler Obituary
Born on Feb. 4, 1933, in Quaker Bridge, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Myrtle Nephew Crouse. Mrs. Dowler was a graduate of Salamanca High School and Fredonia State College.
She was employed as a kindergarten teacher at Salamanca City Central School for more than 30 years prior to her retirement in 1989. She helped start the Title IV program.
She was an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians, the Beaver Clan, Coldspring Longhouse, the Zonta Club and the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority. She served on the Salamanca board of education, Cattaraugus County BOCES Board of Education, Retired Teacher's Association and State Teacher's Association.
She enjoyed traveling and did so extensively throughout the United States.
She volunteered as a reader at Seneca Elementary School after her retirement. Also, she volunteered with the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days. She was a cancer survivor.
Surviving are two sons, Matthew (Jodie Hooker) Printup of Sacramento, Calif., and Mark Printup of Steamburg; five grandchildren, Alexis Henry of Eugene, Ore., Jessica (William) Wilder of Salamanca, Nadine Printup of Salamanca, Brian (Bridget) Childs of Tonawanda and Michael Nothem of Sacramento; and seven great-grandchildren.
Friends may call all day Friday at the Coldspring Longhouse. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 26, 2015) in the Coldspring Longhouse. Burial will be in Hillside Haven Cemetery in Steamburg.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the O'Rourke & O'Rourke Inc. Funeral Home, 25 River St., Salamanca.
E-condolences can be sent to [email protected] or posted to facebook.com/onofh. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American
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Cindy Lindemuth & family
December 28, 2015
Maxine will be dearly missed. Always looked forward to her great stories and welcoming smile. She dearly loved her family.
Monica Thompson
December 26, 2015
Matt and Mark, your mother was an amazing independent woman and she is greatly missed. Rest peacefully Maxine.
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