Kathleen M. Dowd, 70, died peacefully March 3, 2020, at Lehigh Valley Health Network. She was the wife of Thomas Dowd for 48 years. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late John and Rosemary (Dunn) McGrath.

She received her elementary education degree from Cedar Crest College and taught at St. Ann Catholic School, Emmaus, retiring after 30 years of devoted service.

She served as an Extraordinary Minister of Communion at St. Ann and was a member of The Woman’s Club and Prime Timers.

She is survived by her husband; son, Thomas and his wife, Angela, of Hamburg; daughters, Megan and her husband, Michael Billowitch and Rosemary and her husband, Michael Polon, all of Allentown; brother, Stephen McGrath and his wife, MaryJane, of Lindenhurst, N.Y.; grandchildren, Madeline, Hanna and Rose; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was predeceased by a brother, Jack McGrath.

Donations may be made in her memory to Mandee’s Lunchbox, 65 S. Lea St., Macungie, 18062.

Arrangements were made by the J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, Allentown.