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January 26, 2008
Services
A memorial service will be held Tuesday evening, January 29, 2008 at 8:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
James M. Dowling “Jimmy” age 87 of Pompton Lakes died Saturday, January 26, 2008 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains. His passing was quiet and peaceful with his loving family at his side.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and had lived there and Oakland before moving to Pompton Lakes eight years ago.
He spent his formative years in Brooklyn where he went to Erasmus Hall High School graduating with the Class of 1937.
Jim was a parishioner of Saint Mary’s RC Church in Pompton Lakes.
He was a career seaman in the United States Navy for twenty years before retiring from military service. He achieved the highest rank possible as a Chief Boatswain's Mate at the age of twenty-four. Although he was modest about his Navy experiences he was part of the capture of Iwo Jima, the assault on Okinawa, the storming of the beaches of Normandy, the Battle of Guadalcanal, operations in the Marianas and the Liberation of the Philippines. He witnessed the flight of the Enola Gay on its way to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. He received the Bronze Star and saved a fellow sailor’s life by diving into the sea and assisting him to board the ship. After his retirement from the Navy he worked on ships and tugboats in the maritime industry until finally retiring from work in 1985.
He leaves his family with fond memories of a very loving and nurturing husband, father and grandfather who was a true family man. He was gifted with a personality that could exude humor and caused him to be a positive contributor to the camaraderie at any social event. Jim was very interested in photography and was a skilled at picture taking leaving his family with many photos of their family history.
James and Eileen Dowling had forty-nine years of “loving marriage” together until Eileen's passing in September 1992.
Surviving are one daughter Maureen Maioriello and her husband Bill of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; four sons Kevin Dowling of Mount Pocono, PA and Port Charlotte, Florida, Brian Dowling and his wife Ann of Wyckoff, Dennis Dowling and his wife Deedra of Port Charlotte, Florida, Rory Dowling and his wife Donna of Pompton Lakes.
His son Shawn Dowling predeceased him in February 1994.
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A memorial service will be held Tuesday evening, January 29, 2008 at 8:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
January 26, 2008
Services
A memorial service will be held Tuesday evening, January 29, 2008 at 8:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-4, 7-9 PM.
James M. Dowling “Jimmy” age 87 of Pompton Lakes died Saturday, January 26, 2008 at the Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains. His passing was quiet and peaceful with his loving family at his side.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and had lived there and Oakland before moving to Pompton Lakes eight years ago.
He spent his formative years in Brooklyn where he went to Erasmus Hall High School graduating with the Class of 1937.
Jim was a parishioner of Saint Mary’s RC Church in Pompton Lakes.
He was a career seaman in the United States Navy for twenty years before retiring from military service. He achieved the highest rank possible as a Chief Boatswain's Mate at the age of twenty-four. Although he was modest about his Navy experiences he was part of the capture of Iwo Jima, the assault on Okinawa, the storming of the beaches of Normandy, the Battle of Guadalcanal, operations in the Marianas and the Liberation of the Philippines. He witnessed the flight of the Enola Gay on its way to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. He received the Bronze Star and saved a fellow sailor’s life by diving into the sea and assisting him to board the ship. After his retirement from the Navy he worked on ships and tugboats in the maritime industry until finally retiring from work in 1985.
He leaves his family with fond memories of a very loving and nurturing husband, father and grandfather who was a true family man. He was gifted with a personality that could exude humor and caused him to be a positive contributor to the camaraderie at any social event. Jim was very interested in photography and was a skilled at picture taking leaving his family with many photos of their family history.
James and Eileen Dowling had forty-nine years of “loving marriage” together until Eileen's passing in September 1992.
Surviving are one daughter Maureen Maioriello and her husband Bill of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; four sons Kevin Dowling of Mount Pocono, PA and Port Charlotte, Florida, Brian Dowling and his wife Ann of Wyckoff, Dennis Dowling and his wife Deedra of Port Charlotte, Florida, Rory Dowling and his wife Donna of Pompton Lakes.
His son Shawn Dowling predeceased him in February 1994.
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