OBIT: Robert Russell DOWIE, 1994, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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  Robert Russell Dowie, 100, of Somerset RD 2, formerly of Clairton, Pa.,
  died June 10, 1994, at Somerset Patriot Manor.  Born July 30, 1898, in
  Gateshead, England.  Son of the late Peter and Margaret (Harvey) Dowie.  
  Also preceded in death by two sisters, Annie Trelogan and Jane MacDonald,
  and a brother, Harry E. Dowie.  Survived by wife, the former Amanda Ellen
  Burkholder, to whom he was married for 74 years; son Robert J. Dowie of
  Somerset RD 2; three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren.  Retired
  superintendent of safety for the Clairton Works of U.S. Steel Corp.,
  retiring in 1958.  U.S. Army veteran of World War I, serving with the 319th
  Infantry in France.  He was a charter member of the Lutheran Church of the
  Holy Spirit of Clairton and presently a member of Trinity Lutheran Church
  of Somerset.  He was a 74-year member of the American Legion and presently
  a member of Somerset Post 181 and a 73-year member of the Wilson Lodge F&AM.
  
  Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the Hauger-Zeigler
  Funeral Home, Somerset, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday.  The
  Revs. Robert L. Hoover Jr. and Charles L. Lady officiating.  Interment,
  Somerset County Memorial Park.  Memorial contributions may be made to
  Trinity Lutheran Church, 918 Tayman Ave., Somerset, Pa.  15501.
  
  Daily American, June 11, 1994
  
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