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PROMINENT FENWICK PHYSICIAN DIES
Pelham Herald, Tuesday, March 25, 1980.
Dr. Joseph Everett Dowd, prominent physician in Fenwick for the past fifty two years, died at the Welland County General hospital on March 18 at the age of 84.
Dr. Dowd was born in Quyon, Quebec. He was a graduate of McGill University in 1926 and did post graduate work in Ottawa and New York City. During the First World War he served in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. He began practising in 1928 at his busy office on Canboro Road. He was the Medical Officer of Health for 38 years and retired in 1965. Dr. Dowd was a member of the Fenwick United Church.
He is survived by three children Joyce Lenz of Tonawanda, N.Y. Richard of St Catharines and Dr. Ronald Dowd of Fenwick, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Charlotte (Burton) Dowd in 1964.
A memorial service was held at the Fenwick United Church on March 21st. Cremation took place.
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