Jerre Lowe, Washington Post Engraving Foreman, 80, Washington Post

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JERRE GEORGE LOWE, 80

Jerre Lowe, Washington Post engraving foreman, dies

January 25, 2010

Jerre George Lowe, 80, former engraving foreman at The Washington Post, died
after a heart attack Jan. 22 [2010] at Inova Loudoun Hospital. A former
resident of Falls Church, he had lived in Loudoun County since 1992.

Mr. Lowe worked for The Post from 1953 until he retired in 1989 and was a
recipient of the Eugene Meyer Award, which is given to employees who over
their career have displayed the business or journalistic qualities prized by
Meyer, who bought the paper in 1933 and whose family continues to run it.

Mr. Lowe "was the master of a very difficult craft, a fair and good-natured
leader of his department, a wise and calm head," said Donald Graham,
chairman of The Washington Post Co. "I learned so much from him -- and I
wasn't the only one."

He was a native Washingtonian and a graduate of Eastern High School. He
served in the U.S. Navy and then joined The Post as a photo engraver in
1953. His proudest accomplishment was helping the paper open its Springfield
printing plant, his family said.

He was a member of St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Ashburn and loved
reading, following the Washington Redskins, and coaching his sons and
granddaughters in baseball and softball.

His wife, Louise Bell Buckner Lowe, died in 1992.

Survivors include two sons, Michael John Lowe of Ashburn and William Patrick
Lowe of Centreville; three granddaughters; and three great-grandchildren.

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Patricia Sullivan