Robert Newton Gowdy

Robert N. Gowdy

Newark— Robert N. Gowdy, 65, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2025, in Florida after a courageous battle with cancer

A celebration of life is being planned for the Spring of 2025. Burial will be in Newark Cemetery.

Robert was born in Newark, on October 23, 1959, the son of the late C. Newton and Mary Fay Lookup Gowdy. He was a graduate of Penn Yan  
Academy, Class of 1979. He was a lifetime Buffalo Bills fan. For many years he worked at Fold Pak in Newark before moving south where he was a fork lift operator for a major grocery distributer. 

He is survived by two sisters Sue (Roy “Sparky”) Litteer, Laura DeCracker; two nephews James Witter and Charles DeCracker; grand nieces and nephews Payten, Cole, Karson and Harper Fay; 

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