\t\t\tJoseph P. Dowdell, Sr. \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Joseph P. Dowdell, Sr., 98, of Charleston, SC, and previously Scranton, PA, died Saturday at home. He shared a remarkable and loving marriage of 71 years with his devoted wife, Jannett Bauchle Dowdell, who preceded him in death. Also proceeded by his daughter, Donna Dowdell Thompson, brothers, Paul, John, Fran, and sisters Mary Dowdell and Madeline Gastinger.<\/p>\n
\nBorn in Scranton on March 15, 1928, he was the son of the late Peter and Justina Dowdell. A 1946 graduate of Saint Mary of the Assumption High School, he was employed by Fowler & Williams Freight Lines for 42 years before his retirement. Joseph, a devout Catholic was an alter boy, a member of the 1944 and 1946 Saint Mary\u2019s Moya\u2019s Catholic basketball league champions, a 1946 Scranton Tribune All-Star, a 1946 Catholic Light All-Star, and a senior class president. Joe was a member of the Teamsters local 229, founding member of St. Mary\u2019s Biddy basketball program, South Side Little League coach, Fowler & Williams bowling league president, President of the after 50 club, and organizer of the Saint Mary\u2019s\/ Nativity bingo club. He was also an avid traveler who loved his family vacations.<\/p>\n
\nSurviving are sons, Joseph P. Dowdell, Jr., and wife Carol, Branson West, Mo; Richard C. Dowdell and wife Emily, Charleston, SC; and David B. Dowdell and wife Rochelle, Henderson, NV; seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren; his sister, Joan Morgan, Scranton, PA; son-in-law Gerald Thompson; several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
\nA Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, July 9, at 10 AM in Saint Peter\u2019s Cathedral, 315 Wyoming Ave., Scranton. Visitation will be at Saint Peter\u2019s Cathedral from 9 to 10 AM prior to mass. Internment will follow at Saint Catherine\u2019s Cemetery, Moscow.<\/p>\n
\nIn lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Saint Francis of Assisi Soup Kitchen, 500 Penn Ave., Scranton, PA 18503; and\/or to Saint Peter\u2019s Cathedral, 315 Wyoming Ave., Scranton PA 18503. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Miller Bean Funeral Home Inc., 436 Cedar Ave., Scranton.<\/p>\n
\nPlease visit the funeral home website to leave an online condolence.<\/p>\n
\nJoseph P. Dowdell, Sr.<\/p>\n
\nJune 27, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joseph P. Dowdell, Sr. OBITUARY Joseph P. Dowdell, Sr., 98, of Charleston, SC, and previously Scranton, PA, died…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-236160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}