Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society. Beloved wife of George Dowell; loving mother of Edward Dean (Marge), James (Angela), Steven, Garreth (Rose), and Charlie Dowell; proud grandmother of Vicki, Daniel, Jennifer, Zachary, and Connie; dear sister of Joe Middleton (Pat), Marie Bueltemann, Lorene Wood, and Imogene Harter (Sam). Preceded in death by parents Otto and Elsie Middleton and five brothers. Mrs. Dowell was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Troy.