Wasco-Linn County OR Archives Obituaries.....Downey, Jessie September 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com May 21, 2006, 9:49 pm The Dalles Weekly Reminder, September 29, 1983 Jessie Downey, 94, a resident of The Dalles since 1964 and formerly a resident of Sweet Home, died Tuesday at a local nursing home. She was born Feb. 17, 1889 at Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Downey was a member of Life in Christ Center in The Dalles. Survivors include her husband, Howard A., The Dalles, whom she married on Sept. 27, 1915 in Ritzville, Wash.; four sons, Lester, The Dalles, Harvey, Colfax, Wash., Calvin, Portland, and Nelson, Ocean Shores, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Keith (Virginia) Albers, Beaverton, and Mrs. Wesley (Patricia) Veene, The Dalles; 21 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and two great- great-grandchildren; a brother, Earl Thompson, Kennewick, Wash.; and a sister, Audrey Smith, Glendale, Calif. Funeral services were today (Thursday) at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Keyser officiating. Burial was at The Dalles IOOF Cemetery Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/d/downey1622gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb