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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Born''': April 5, 1936<br />
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'''Died''': December 22, 1993<br />
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'''Married''': June Barber<br />
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'''Children''': Teresa, [[Colleen Gowan]]<br />
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'''Richard "Dick" T. Gowan'''<br />
----''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', December 24, 1993<br />
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'''Richard T. Gowan'''<br />
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SARANAC LAKE - Richard T. Gowan, 57, of 39 East Pine St., died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1993 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.<br />
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Born April 5, 1936 in Saranac Lake, he was the son of [[Austin Gowan|Austin]] and [[Betty Pelkey Gowan|Betty (Pelkey) Gowan]]. On Oct. 14, 1961, he married June Barber from Westport.<br />
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A lifelong resident of Saranac Lake, he attended local schools, including [[North Country Community College]]. He ran various businesses in his career and also worked as a salesman for a major insurance company.<br />
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In 1978 he became an active member of Baha’i Faith, one of the first Adirondackers to do so. <br />
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He was a member of the National Guard and scoutmaster for a local [[Boy Scouts|Boy Scout]] troop in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He remained an active supporter of various charities, including the local food pantry.<br />
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In 1993, he was diagnosed with amyloidosis, a rare degenerative disease for which there is currently no cure. He agreed to donate his organs for further research into curing the disease.<br />
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Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Teresa and Colleen, both of Saranac Lake; five sisters, [[Gertrude Natalie Eler Shaw|Natalie Eler Shaw]], [[Norma Gowan]] and [[Joan Ryan]], all of Saranac Lake, [[Joyce Elizabeth Lawson|Joyce Lawson]] of Madison, Wis. and [[Ginger Lawless Hughes|Ginger Hughes]] of Lake Placid; a brother, [[Austin Gowan Jr.|Austin Gowan]] of Plattsburgh; and 50 nieces and nephews. <br />
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Calling hours will be held Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the [[Fortune-Keough Funeral Home]] in Saranac Lake. A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.<br />
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Memorial donations may be made to the Saranac Lake Inter-Faith Food Pantry or to [[High Peaks Hospice]] in care of the funeral home.<br />
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=== Comments ===</div>Ellie Hoyt