Douglas H. MacDowall

Douglas Herbert MacDowall, 74, of Winchester, VA, died Saturday, September 18, 2010, in the Winchester Medical Center.

Mr. MacDowall was born in Honesdale, PA in 1936, the son of the late Hugh Hubert and Hazel La Pearl Goss MacDowall. He was retired, having worked in construction for 18 years with Perry Engineering as a Heavy Equipment Operator, known as “The Rock Doctor”. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was a member of Winchester Wesleyan Church.

He is survived by a son, Dale MacDowall, and wife Teressa of Stephens City, VA; two grandchildren, Everett D. Hull and Derrick MacDowall; three step-grandchildren, Josh Turner, Ariana Jewell and Kody Birkett; a great-grandchild, Hunter Hull and another great grandchild due in two weeks, Daisy Lynn MacDowall; three sisters, Flora Murray, Laura Noonan, Elsie Lois Bachota; two brothers Harry MacDowall and Robert MacDowall and his very close friend and companion, Albertina “Tina” Salazar. He was preceded in death by a sister, Louise Rissee, and two brothers, Malcolm and Allen MacDowall.

A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at Omps Funeral Home, South Chapel. Interment will be in Shenandoah Memorial Park with military honors accorded by VFW Post 2123.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, September, 23, 2010 at Omps Funeral Home, South Chapel from Noon until 2:00 P.M.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Esther Boyd Animal Shelter, 161 Fort Collier Road, Winchester, Virginia 22603.

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