Dateline: Jerome Joseph "Jerry" Dowling, 82, resident of 1110 Marshall Road, husband of Janet Kay Johnson Dowling, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Self Regional Medical Center.

Born July 18, 1934, in Piper City, Illinois, he was a son of the late Joseph Murray Dowling and Leona Josephine Egges Dowling.  He graduated Piper City High School in 1952, and Illinois Commercial College in Champaign, IL, in 1954, and served in the US Army at Colorado Springs.  Mr. Dowling started his working career with Honeggers' & Company in Fairbury, IL, as an accountant, then in the credit department and finally as the controller for the company.  He worked from 1980 to 1995, with Fairbury Federal Savings & Loan as a financial analyst.

A longtime resident of Fairbury, he and Janet moved to Sun City Hilton Head, SC, in 1999, and then to Wesley Commons in Greenwood in 2014.

He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Greenwood, SC.

Surviving in addition to his wife of 60 years, are two daughters, Deb and husband Barry Shultz of Aiken, SC, and Lori and husband Brian Kleppinger of Bethlehem, PA; and three grandchildren, Cassie Kleppinger and Chad Kleppinger, both of the Bethlehem area, and Erin Shultz of Atlanta.

He was predeceased by his sister, Teresa Dowling.

A memorial mass will be held at 10:30 am Friday, May 26, 2017 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Chenoa with Fr. Carl LoPresti officiating. Inurnment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Chenoa with full military rites accorded by the Fairbury VFW and American Legion Posts. Visitation to celebrate Jerry's life will be held 5:30 to 7:30 pm Thursday, May 25, 2017 at Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Wesley Commons, 1110 Marshall Road, Greenwood, SC  29646.