Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....Dowdell, Grace A. April 6, 1887
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Reno Evening Gazette April 6, 1887
At Rest

Death of Miss Grace A. Dowdell This Morning

Miss Grace A. Dowdell, for some time past a teacher in the Carson public
schools, died this morning at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Leete, this
town.  She was a charming lady and highly esteemed by a large circle of friends,
who now mourn her death.  Together with her mother she came from New York City,
her birth place, to Virginia City when a child.  The mother died in Virginia
City in 1879, and just prior to her death she requested of Bishop Whitaker that
he and his wife look after Grace, which they have done with the greatest
solicitude.  Miss Dowdell graduated at the Bishop’s School for Girls, and
afterwards accepted a position as teacher in the Carson public schools.  For a
long time she suffered with a stomach trouble identically the same as that that
caused her mother’s death.  She was 26 years of age last Thanksgiving.  Her
brother-in-law, J. T. Brenan, arrived in town this morning from San Francisco,
to which city the remains will be taken for burial on this evening’s train.

Died- Grace Anna Dowdell. Born November 25, 1860. Died April 6, 1887.

At the residence of Mr. B. F. Leete, in Reno at half past 8 o’clock this
morning, Grace Dowdell was called to her early rest.  She was known and loved by
very many in the town and State as a true friend and earnest Christian.  Since
her mother’s death Bishop Whitaker has been a father to her.  She was educated
in the Bishop’s School for Girls, where she was from its beginning till 1881,
when she graduated with honor.  Since then she has been teaching in Carson,
where her fidelity and ability won all hearts.  She overtaxed her strength, but
owing to her ambition did not give up until about Christmas time, when it could
no longer be avoided.  She broke completely down.
In Carson her many generous friends did everything for her comfort, but the last
of January she came to Reno to be with Mrs. Leete, one of her oldest and warmest
friends, who, from that time till her death, cared for her as tenderly and
lovingly as her mother could.  There will be a service at the house this evening
at 5 o’clock and the body will be taken by her brother-in-law to her sister’s
house in San Francisco, from where she will be buried and laid beside her mother
in the Masonic cemetery.


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