Joseph Leo Dowling Jr. Obituary
We are sad to announce that on May 12, 2025, at the age of 98, Joseph Leo Dowling Jr. (Providence, Rhode Island) passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Joseph L. Dowling, Sr. and Ruth Tappan Dowling; his sisters, Marian Dowling Heher and Angela Dowling Munro; and his brothers-in-law, Bruce Kendrick and Harry Heher.
He is survived by: his wife Sally (Sally); his siblings, Professor John E. Dowling (Judith) of Harvard University and Eleanor Kendrick of Cleveland; and his children, Joseph Leo Dowling III (Diana) of Greenwich, Connecticut, Robert Trenkamp Dowling (Stephanie Kim) of New York City, Charles Tappan Dowling (Sophie) of Riverside, Connecticut and Ruth Tappan Dowling (Bill Young) of Boston, Massachusetts..
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to Bradley Hospital, 1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway, East Providence, RI 02915 (https://giving.brownhealth.org.).
