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James
Michael Dawley
CJames
Michael
Dawley, 55,
of East Main
Street, died
Thursday,
Dec. 29,
2005, at
Albany
Medical
Center after
a short,
courageous
battle with
cancer. He
was the
beloved
husband of
Connie Lewis
Dawley.
A life-long
resident of
Cambridge,
Jim was born
Dec. 11,
1950, the
son of the
late Alfred
P. Dawley
and Alice
Smith Dawley
Gaal of
Cambridge.
He graduated
from
Cambridge
Central
School,
class of
1970, and
has always
worked as a
self
employed
auto
mechanic.
Jim was
known to
many as “Cowhead,”
a nickname
given to him
by his older
brother when
he was a
young boy.
He loved
fishing,
hunting,
life and
people. He
was smart,
witty and
had a great
sense of
humor.
Jim and
Connie were
together for
many years
and married
on Aug. 4,
1995. They
loved to
travel and
took many
wonderful
vacations.
He
especially
loved Hawaii
and going on
cruises,
even though
he sometimes
had to wear
a suit.
Whatever Jim
did, he had
a good time
doing it.
Along with
his wife and
mother, Jim
is survived
by a son,
Michael
James Dawley
of Hudson
Falls; two
stepchildren,
Barry
Linendoll
Jr. of Salem
and Virginia
Scheuer of
Cambridge;
seven
grandchildren,
whom he
adored; five
siblings,
Ronald P.
Dawley,
Susan Dawley
and Tom
Dawley, all
of
Cambridge,
Nancy D.
Bates of
Troy, and
Dennis
Dawley of
Londonderry,
Vt.; his
stepfather,
Ted Gaal of
Cambridge;
and many
nieces and
nephews.
A funeral
service
conducted by
the Rev.
Clyde Fobes
of Center
White Creek
Baptist
Church, a
friend of
Jim, was
held on
Monday, Jan.
2, 2006, at
10 a.m. at
the
Cambridge
United
Presbyterian
Church, 81
East Main
St.
Those
wishing to
make
donations in
Jim’s memory
may do so to
the James M.
“Cowhead”
Memorial
Fund, c/o
Glens Falls
Bank, 25
West Main
St.,
Cambridge,
NY 12816.
Jim was a
“one of a
kind guy,”
an excellent
husband,
father and
friend. He
will be
greatly
missed.
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