Richard Gowan
Born: April 5, 1936
Died: December 22, 1993
Married: June Barber
Children: Teresa, Colleen Gowan
Richard "Dick" T. Gowan
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, December 24, 1993
Richard T. Gowan
SARANAC LAKE - Richard T. Gowan, 57, of 39 East Pine St., died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1993 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.
Born April 5, 1936 in Saranac Lake, he was the son of Austin and Betty (Pelkey) Gowan. On Oct. 14, 1961, he married June Barber from Westport.
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.
In 1978 he became an active member of Baha’i Faith, one of the first Adirondackers to do so.
He was a member of the National Guard and scoutmaster for a local Boy Scout troop in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He remained an active supporter of various charities, including the local food pantry.
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.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Teresa and Colleen, both of Saranac Lake; five sisters, Natalie Eler Shaw, Norma Gowan and Joan Ryan, all of Saranac Lake, Joyce Lawson of Madison, Wis. and Ginger Hughes of Lake Placid; a brother, Austin Gowan of Plattsburgh; and 50 nieces and nephews.
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.
Memorial donations may be made to the Saranac Lake Inter-Faith Food Pantry or to High Peaks Hospice in care of the funeral home.