Sister Ruth Cecilia Dowd
1935 — 2021
SR. RUTH CECILIA DOWD CSJ Latham-Sister Ruth Cecilia Dowd, CSJ, 86, died on March 24, 2021, at The Grand Rehab and Nursing Home at Barnwell, Valatie NY. Sister Ruth was born in Seneca Falls, NY on March 29, 1935, the daughter of Dr. Francis Erwin Dowd and Ruth Cecilia Carroll Dowd. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 68 years. After graduating from St. Aloysius Academy, Rome, NY in 1953, Sister entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on March 19, 1954, professed her first vows on March 19, 1956 and final vows on August 15, 1961. Sister Ruth earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from the College of Saint Rose in1966 and a master's degree in Reading from the State...