Just over a month before his 101st birthday, Sawyerville’s legendary Doctor Curtis Lowry has died. Having served the community in which he was born for 55 years before his retirement in 2003, Dr. Lowry left an indelible mark on all those who knew him. “He was an icon,” said Doug Bowker, Executive Director of Grace Village and a former patient of Dr Lowry’s. “He was my family doctor from the time I was born right up until I left home at the age of 18, and he continued after that.” Bowker theorized that one could talk to almost anyone in Sawyerville or the surrounding community and each would have their own story of how the doctor changed their life. As a personal example, the director shared that he was driven back from the hospital by Lowry at three days old in the doctor’s old snowmobile, because the roads had been closed by a terrible snowstorm. “He made house calls all around the area for decades and decades, long after no other doctor was doing it,” he added. “The village of Sawyerville really relied on him.” “We were spoiled,” shared Edie McBurney, whose three children were delivered by Lowry, “you don’t see doctors like that anymore.” See full story in the Tuesday, June 4 edition of The Record.
