San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Dowden, Leland A. September 20 2004
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The Record  September 24, 2004
Stockton
Leland A. Dowden 
Mar. 31, 1917 - Sept. 20, 2004



Leland A. Dowden, 87, passed away on Monday, September 20, 2004 in Stockton. He 
was born on March 31, 1917 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He served in the Army Air 
Corps as a Bombardier during World War II from April 1943 - September 1945 as a 
1st Lieutenant. He was a Prisoner of War for 14 months in Germany, and was 
awarded the Purple Heart. Mr. Dowden moved to Stockton, CA, in 1953, and was 
self-employed as a certified public accountant for 30 years. He enjoyed singing 
in the church choir, music, and traveling on cruise ships. He was preceded in 
death by his wife of 50 years, Magdalena Fieguth Dowden on June 26, 1993. 
He is survived by 2 sons, Douglas Dowden and wife Joan of Stockton and Leland 
A. Dowden II and wife Patty of Santa Clara; grandchildren, Allison Cooper, Alan 
Dowden, and Carmen Penney; and a great-grandson, Jacob Nelson Cooper. 
Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2004, at 2:00 p.m. at 
the Buchheim Family-Kuehl-Nicolay Funeral Home, 1703 Spring St., Paso Robles, 
CA, 93446, Rev. Enrique Ott of the Mennonite Church officiating. Commmital will 
be held at Willow Creek Mennonite Cemetery in Paso Robles. Visitation will be 
held one hour prior to service time. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home in charge 
of local arrangements. 
 




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