Gregory F. "Greg" Dowling

Old Lyme- It is with deep sadness and love that we share the passing of our Uncle Greg, age 90, Aug. 3, 2023. Greg was the seventh of the eight Dowling children of parents Joan Reardon Dowling and Victor Hurlin Dowling.

In addition to his parents, Greg was predeceased by his siblings: Joan, Victor, Gerard, Vincent, Donald, Kevin and Denise Dowling. Uncle Greg leaves his beloved nieces and nephews: Victor J. Dowling Jr. (Jody), Anne Melissa Dowling (Chris Teare), Pamela Jane Dowling (Jim Healey), Vincent J. Dowling Jr. (Veronica), Douglas Dowling, Heather Edelson (Ron D.), Robert Thomas, Blaise Thomas, Colin Dowling (Nici), Joseph Dowling and Kara Leigh Dowling (Andrew Roraback), Dirk Dreux (Mimi), Mark Dreux (Joan) and Diane Dreux Smith (Leonard); as well as many great-nieces and nephews.

After graduating from high school, Greg served in the 3rd U.S. Army Infantry Regiment, the National Honor Guard known as "The Old Guard," where he stood watch as a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Upon graduating with honors from Nichols College, Greg returned to Hartford to begin a long career in the retail industry.

We will miss Uncle Greg's deep faith, pride in and love for his family, his thoughtfulness, his love of goofy jokes and his almost always arriving with a box of donuts from Sound View Beach!

A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave., West Hartford. Burial at Fairview Cemetery will follow. Online expressions of sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com