Austin Gowan Jr.
Born: October 25, 1926
Died: January 1, 1999
Married: Myrtle Haselton Gowan
Children: Roger Gowan, Walter Gowan, Bruce Gowan, Linda Carver, Scott Gowan
Austin William Gowan, Jr.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, January 6, 1999
Austin Gowan
Wilmington - Austin W. Gowan, 72, of the Springfield Road in Wilmington, died Friday, Jan 1., 1999 at his home.
Born on October. 25, 1926 in Saranac Lake, he was the son of Austin McKinley Gowan and Betty Pelkey Gowan.
As a youth, Mr. Gowan worked for several years as a delivery boy for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise newspaper. He was a veteran, serving 22 years with the U.S. Army, and retired with the rank of master sergeant. He was a graduate of the Army Language School in Monterey, Calif. He was also a graduate of North Country Community College and the SUNY College at Plattsburgh. He was an accountant for Branch & Callanan Construction Co. and Trudeau Sand & Gravel Co., both in Saranac Lake. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion in Saranac Lake and was an avid genealogist.
Survivors include: his wife, Myrtle Haselton Gowan of Wilmington; three sons, Roger Gowan of Montana, Walter Gowan of Texas, and Bruce Gowan of New Hampshire; a daughter, Linda Carver of Utah; five sisters, Gertrude Gowan, Norma Gowan and Joan Ryan, all of Saranac Lake, Joyce Lawson of Wisconsin, and Ginger Hughes of Lake Placid; eight grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A brother, Richard Gowan, and a son, Scott Gowan, predeceased him.
There will be no calling hours.
A memorial service will be held prior to burial in the Haselton Cemetery in Wilmington in the spring at the convenience of the family.
The Zaumetzer-Sprague Funeral Home in AuSable Forks is in charge of arrangements.