Gaithersburg, Maryland
Merre-Lyn Dow
1931 — 2023
It is with great sadness that the family of Merre-Lyn (Mimi) Dow announces her passing on November 22, 2023 at the age of 92 following complications from a hip fracture. A longtime resident of Chevy Chase, MD, Mimi moved to Asbury Methodist Village (Gaithersburg) in 2004. Most recently, Mimi lived at their Kindley Assisted Living facility. Mimi was born on May 10, 1931 in Winston-Salem, NC and was the only child of Janet (Holoman) and Melvyn Lynch. She graduated from RJ Reynolds High School in 1949 and then attended St Mary's Junior College in Raleigh, NC, where she was valedictorian of the class of 1951. Mimi graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1953 with...