Date of death: 1/25/2023
Saint Meinrad Class: O 1960
James “Jim” Edward Dowling died peacefully on January 25, 2023. He attended St. Joan of Arc Grade School, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, Marmion Academy, and graduated from Georgetown University in 1956.
He served in the Armed Forces of the United States in Korea from 1956-1957. In 1961 he earned his Juris Doctorate from the Indiana University School of Law. He served as the Deputy Prosecutor for Marion County in 1963. After serving as Deputy Prosecutor, he went into private practice where he focused on real estate, probate and mortgage law. His final years of practice were spent specializing in workers compensation law, which earned him the Sagamore on the Wabash Award.
He married the love of his life, Mary Ann Rocap, in October of 1961. Over the course of their 50 years together, they raised three children. In their retirement, they became snowbirds and enjoyed time in Marco Island, Florida.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Edward Savage Dowling and Myrtle Gans Dowling, and his wife, Mary Ann Dowling. He is survived by his three children, Michael, Sharon and James M. Dowling. Cousin, Kathy Thomas and a multitude of nieces, nephews and great nieces and great nephews.