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Home Stillwater, Oklahoma July 2009 Julia Ann [Hill] Dowlen May 8, 1930 ~ July 26, 2009 Julia Ann Hill Dowlen, 79, of Oklahoma City, died on Sunday, July 26, 2009 in Oklahoma City after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at First United Methodist Church in Stillwater with the Reverend Stanley M. Warfield, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Strode Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Julia was born in Conway, AR on May 8, 1930, to James Martin Hill and Nellie [Johnson] Hill. She married Glenn Wade Dowlen, Jr. on July 9, 1952 in Austin, TX. Julia grew up in Houston and graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Piano Performance. She had a great love of classical musical music, which she both performed and listened to almost constantly. After their marriage, she and Glenn left Austin and lived in Baton Rouge, LA; Tacoma, WA; New York City, NY and Connecticut before settling in Stillwater in 1965. Julia worked in administration in several different departments at OSU before retirement. She also was very active in many volunteer activities including KOSU pledge week, and reading to elementary school children. She taught Sunday School for years and was involved in many other activities at First United Methodist Church. Julia and Glenn were avid travelers and took every opportunity to see the world. In addition to extensive travel in the U.S. she traveled to Australia, Russia, through the Panama Canal, much of Europe and around the southern tip of South America. One of her proudest accomplishments was hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon while in her 60s. She read everything she could get her hands on and enjoyed walking around Boomer Lake every day. Julia never knew an unlocked door that she wouldn't enter nor a window that she wouldn't open to see what was happening on the other side. Julia was preceded in death by her parents, Martin and Nellie Hill; her husband, Glenn; and son, Glenn Wade Dowlen III. She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law: Diana and Jim Lee of Oklahoma City, Alice and Scott Nutter of Cincinnati and Becky and Robert Noble of Seattle; five grandchildren: Avery and Chandler Lee, Joe Nutter, and Rachel and Daniel Noble. She also leaves a brother, James M. Hill and family of Houston, TX; sister-in-law, Marie Manley and family of Canyon, TX; brother-in-law, George Dowlen and family of Hilton Head, SC. The family would like to thank the people of Alleve Hospice and Brighton Gardens in Oklahoma City, particularly Valentine Umeh, for their care during her final days. Their compassion and respect for her will long be remembered. |
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