Dorothy Senior Lowe, 78, died on Wednesday, March 21 at the Mark Wentworth Home in Portsmouth, N.H., after complications from Alzheimerߣs disease. She was born Dec. 16, 1928, in Leonia, N.J., the daughter of Jacques and Elsie Rockwell Price. A former resident of Marthaߣs Vineyard and the Cayman Islands, Mrs. Lowe is predeceased by her husband, Philip Lowe and a son, John.

She is survived by her three children, Elizabeth Senior of New York, Jane MacAulay of Sacramento, Ca., and Matthew Senior of Portsmouth, N.H., and five grandchildren. A celebration of her life will be held this summer in Portsmouth.