Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....McGowan, John Freeman, Sr. November 15, 2016
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Virginian-Pilot  November 18, 2016
Norfolk - John Freeman McGowan, 87, of Norfolk, died November 15, 2016, in a local 
hospital. He was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk and was the son of the 
late Freeman Pleasant McGowan and Florence Shand Brandon and was preceded in death 
by his son, Edward Joseph McGowan, and his loving wife of 53 years, Mary Thatch 
McGowan. John, retired in 1981 from the Norfolk Police Department as a Lieutenant 
after 31 years' service and later went to work for Norfolk Naval Shipyard and 
retired as Chief of Police in December of 1993. He was a graduate of Holy Trinity 
High School and was a Roman Catholic and a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church. 
He was a member of Bayview Civic League, Fraternal Order of Police, both state and 
local, NARTU, Armored Car Service, FBI National Academy, and the Police 
Association of Virginia. Survivors include his daughters, Donna McGowan Gatling of 
Virginia Beach, Kathleen Ann McGowan of Norfolk; his sons, John Freeman McGowan 
Jr. and his wife Linda of Chesapeake, Michael Jay McGowan and his wife Janell of 
Norfolk and Patrick Allen McGowan and his wife Anne of Chesapeake, 12 
grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated in 
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Tuesday November 22, 2016 at 1:00 pm by the Reverend 
Father W. Daniel Beeman. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. The 
family will receive friends in the Norfolk chapel of H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., 
Monday, November 21st from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations 
may be made to SpikesK9fund.org or Law Enforcement United of Virginia at leunited-
va.org for fallen officers and their families. Online condolences may be sent to 
the family at hdoliver.com.

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