Gary Patrick Dowling, 82, of Girard, died at 3:34 p.m., Sunday, November 26, 2023, in the Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Gary was born August 1, 1941, in Fort Scott, Kansas, a son of James Emmett and Lucy Catherine (Diskin) Dowling. He grew up and attended school in Walnut and graduated from St. Patrick’s High School in Walnut in 1959.