William "Bill" Raymond Dowling, Jr., 83, Hamilton, Mo., passed away on September 28, 2014, at the Cameron Regional Medical Center, Cameron. He had moved to Hamilton in 2005, and had previously lived in Holt, Mo., Chatham, Illinois, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Bill was born on December 30, 1930, in Ohio, to William Raymond Dowling, Sr., and Irmalee Pinkerton Dowling. He graduated from the Ironton High School, in Ironton, Ohio, and attended college for one year before serving our country in the Navy during the Korean Conflict, from 1950-1954. He served on the USS Midway.

Bill had worked as a traveling salesman for Shulton, Inc., in Sioux Falls, SD. He was of the Catholic faith and had been an announcer for the Northwestern Horse Show Circuit.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Keith.

On November 12, 1951, he married Evelyn Knowlton in Sioux Falls. She survives of the home.

Additional Survivors: 7 children-Rusty (Michelle) Dowling, Katy, Tx; Julie (Joe) Chadwick, Hamilton; Michael (Kathy) Dowling, Sioux Falls; Marjorie Kortchmar, Kansas City, Mo.; Pat (Connie) Dowling, Katy, Tx; Jennifer Dowling, Hamilton; and Jackie Rangel, Kansas City, Mo.; 16 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren.

Memorial Service: 6 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2014, at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Cremation was entrusted to the funeral home.