Hugh T. McGowan of Katonah, a Navy vet and longtime dentist, died at home with family by his side on Aug. 28. He was 98.
McGowan was born May 16, 1926, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to Hugh and Florence McGowan. He attended St. Francis Preparatory School and St. Francis College in Brooklyn and graduated from the SUNY Maritime College at Fort Schuyler and the NYU College of Dentistry. During the Korean War, McGowan served as a Navy dentist for two years at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
In 1954 he moved to Katonah, with his wife, Alice. There he practiced dentistry for 45 years and they raised seven children.
As a boy he summered at Breezy Point where he learned to swim and body surf. He was an usher at Ebbets Field and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He was an avid sailor and tennis player. He was involved with Boy Scouts, CCD, the Katonah Town Pool, and many other local activities. McGowan and his wife were members of St. Mary of the Assumption, where he was a Eucharistic minister as well as an altar server.
McGowan was predeceased by his daughter, Anne Marie, and his wife. He is survived by his three sons, Hugh F. (Valerie), Thomas, and Peter (Antonette); and his three daughters, Mary Pat (James), Alice (Edward), and Catherine (Thomas). He also is survived by 21 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and other family members.
The family will receive friends at Clark Associates Funeral Home, located at 4 Woods Bridge Road, Katonah, Friday, Sept. 6, from 4 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, located at 55 Valley Road, Katonah, Saturday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m.