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John B. Downs Sr.

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John B. Downs Sr.

Birth
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Death
25 Sep 1958 (aged 73)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.4106954, Longitude: -88.7845859
Memorial ID
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SHELBYVILLE NEWSPAPER 9/24/1958

JOHN B. DOWNS, 73 DIED AT 2:45 PM THURSDAY AT HIS HOME IN SHELBYVILLE. HE WAS BORN, APRIL 9, 1885 IN SHELBYVILLE, THE SON OF HENRY AND HANNAH SWARTZ DOWNS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND JACKSON LODGE NO 53, AF.& AM IN SHELBYVILLE.
HE LEAVES HIS WIFE, MABEL, A DAUGHTER, MRS. KENNETH FUNK OF SHELBYVILLE AND A SON DANIEL B. OF FORT GORDON, GA, THREE SISTERS, MRS. ANNA AUGENSTEIN, MRS. VIDA VENTERS AND MRS. DESALE BROWN, ALL OF SHELBYVILLE, TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILDR.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT 2 PM SATURDAY AT THE KESSLER HOWE FUNERAL HOME. INTERMENT WILL BE IN GLENWWOD CEMETERY. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT ANY TIME.
MASONIC RITES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY JACKSON LODGE NO 53 AT 8 PM THIS EVENING AT THE FUNERAL HOME.
SHELBYVILLE NEWSPAPER 9/24/1958

JOHN B. DOWNS, 73 DIED AT 2:45 PM THURSDAY AT HIS HOME IN SHELBYVILLE. HE WAS BORN, APRIL 9, 1885 IN SHELBYVILLE, THE SON OF HENRY AND HANNAH SWARTZ DOWNS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND JACKSON LODGE NO 53, AF.& AM IN SHELBYVILLE.
HE LEAVES HIS WIFE, MABEL, A DAUGHTER, MRS. KENNETH FUNK OF SHELBYVILLE AND A SON DANIEL B. OF FORT GORDON, GA, THREE SISTERS, MRS. ANNA AUGENSTEIN, MRS. VIDA VENTERS AND MRS. DESALE BROWN, ALL OF SHELBYVILLE, TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILDR.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT 2 PM SATURDAY AT THE KESSLER HOWE FUNERAL HOME. INTERMENT WILL BE IN GLENWWOD CEMETERY. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT ANY TIME.
MASONIC RITES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY JACKSON LODGE NO 53 AT 8 PM THIS EVENING AT THE FUNERAL HOME.


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