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Opal Garnet <I>Burleson</I> Downey

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Opal Garnet Burleson Downey

Birth
Minco, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
27 Aug 1998 (aged 84)
Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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Wife of George Edward Downey, Jr. Daughter of David Franklin Burleson and Pearl Irene Lacy. They married on July 5, 1932 in El Reno, Canadian Co., OK. They had one child, Valdia Lois Downey who is married to Lloyd Herman Buchwald.

Amarillo Globe News 29 Aug 1998
Opal Downey

CLOVIS, N.M. - Opal Downey, 84, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998.

Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Kingswood Methodist Church with Dr. Mark Scott officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens by SteedTodd Funeral Home.

Mrs. Downey was born in Minco, Okla. She married George Downey in 1932 at El Reno, Okla. They moved to New Mexico in 1944, where they farmed for several years in the St. Vrain area, later moving to Clovis. She was a member of Kingswood Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Valdia Buchwald of Santa Fe; and two granddaughters.

The family requests memorials be to Kingswood Methodist Church, Box 1126, Clovis, NM 88101; or St. John Methodist Church Bell Choir at Santa Fe, N.M.
Wife of George Edward Downey, Jr. Daughter of David Franklin Burleson and Pearl Irene Lacy. They married on July 5, 1932 in El Reno, Canadian Co., OK. They had one child, Valdia Lois Downey who is married to Lloyd Herman Buchwald.

Amarillo Globe News 29 Aug 1998
Opal Downey

CLOVIS, N.M. - Opal Downey, 84, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 1998.

Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Kingswood Methodist Church with Dr. Mark Scott officiating. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens by SteedTodd Funeral Home.

Mrs. Downey was born in Minco, Okla. She married George Downey in 1932 at El Reno, Okla. They moved to New Mexico in 1944, where they farmed for several years in the St. Vrain area, later moving to Clovis. She was a member of Kingswood Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Valdia Buchwald of Santa Fe; and two granddaughters.

The family requests memorials be to Kingswood Methodist Church, Box 1126, Clovis, NM 88101; or St. John Methodist Church Bell Choir at Santa Fe, N.M.


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  • Created by: Carrol Cortez
  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16149947/opal_garnet-downey: accessed ), memorial page for Opal Garnet Burleson Downey (22 Feb 1914–27 Aug 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16149947, citing Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Carrol Cortez (contributor 46821035).