LIFE & TIMES Maryland Will Miss...
Kevin W. Gowl of Pylesville died on Oc- tober 10 at the age of 67. Born in Baltimore, Gowl was a professional horse trainer and had been active in the horse show world since the 1960s. He started riding when he was 10 years old and began showing in the U.S. and Canada as a professional when he was 18. At the time, he mainly showed horses for his father Wade
Hawthorne,
campaigning them at the top shows and selling new stock. Some of his biggest riding accomplish- ments include cham- pionship honors at the Washington International Horse Show,
Pennsylva-
nia National Horse Show at Harris- burg, and the Devon Horse Show. He also won the Governor’s Cup at Devon, the Indianapolis Grand Prix, and the Charlotte (NC) Puissance Wall Class. He once won the Puissance class at WIHS jumping at 6’9’’.
Kevin W. Gowl John R. Dudderar, Jr. died on October 18 at
the age of 76. Dudderar was an avid fox chas- er and started hunting with Sterling “Buck” Blacksten’s pack, and later with Taylorsville Hunt Club, Plum Run Hunt and, most recent- ly, Carrollton Hounds. Dudderar’s son Jason Dudderar is Jt-MFH at Carrollton. Dudderar graduated from Sykesville High School and the University of Baltimore before attending the University of Baltimore Law School. He also attended Virginia Commonwealth Uni- versity to study rehabilitation counseling, as well as the University of Tennessee’s deaf edu- cation program. Dudderar worked for the state of Maryland as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and also maintained a real estate and estate planning law practice.
Marie May Nicholson died on October 24 at the age of 93 in Frederick. Nicholson was born in Adamstown and her family moved to Frederick soon after. She graduated from Hag- erstown High School in 1946 and worked for C&P Telephone in Frederick after graduation.
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She met her future husband, Earle Nicholson, at a local barn dance, and they were married on January 20, 1950. T e couple moved to Ur- bana where Earle Nicholson was the farm manager of Maple Hill Farm. Marie Nicholson became the farm’s bookkeeper. She also led the Urba- na Girls 4-H Club for many years, and she was the superintendent of the Crafts Department in the 4-H building of T e Great Frederick Fair. Nicholson was also a charter member and treasurer/secretary of the Maryland Draft Horse & Mule Asso- ciation. She helped her husband bring back the Draft Horse & Mule Show to both the Mont- gomery and Frederick fairs.
Tom Dupin of Silver Spring and part time
farm worker at Periwinkle Farm died on Octo- ber 29. He was 72. Dupin was born in Kentucky, and he attended the University of Cincinnati and Morehead State University. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in the early 1970s and became a drummer for the Jazz Ambassadors, the of- fi cial touring Jazz Ensemble of the U.S. Army
of Marylanders
Congratulations to Lexi and Jon Horner on the birth of daughter Josephine Rose Horner on October 5, 2021.
and he learned to be with the horses and loved them. He enjoyed all creatures great and small.” Levens also said, “He was a very kind, hard- working, and intelligent person. We shall all think about him with love and great aff ection.”
Dr. William R. Rosenberger of Reister- Tom Dupin
Field Band. After retiring from the Army, Du- pin toured with “In the Mood, Live” both in the U.S. and abroad. “Tom has been a wonder- ful presence here at the farm for 20 years,” said Periwinkle owner LuAnne Levens, who added, “He responded to an ad for someone here at the farm to help do mostly landscaping stuff ,
stown died on November 2. He was 91. Born in Westminster, Dr. Rosenberger was the owner of the Reisterstown Veterinary Center, which he joined in the early 1960s and where he went on to become a partner and then sole owner. He graduated from Westminster High School in 1947 and completed his undergraduate work in Biology at Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) in 1951. He earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Rosenberger’s most famed cli- ents were Native Dancer and the other horses at the Vanderbilt’s Sagamore Farm. He was also the on-call veterinarian for the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and was the onsite veterinarian for the Maryland Steeplechase Association’s Governor’s Cup Series races for many years.
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