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 Eugene
Downing
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[July
06, 2007]
MOUNT
PULASKI -- Eugene Ellis Downing, 95, of Mount
Pulaski died Friday, July 6, 2007, at 1:34 a.m.
at Vonderlieth Living Center.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at
Mount Pulaski Christian Church. A Masonic
service will follow at 7 p.m. His funeral will
be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with
Jeremy Thomason and Bill Shanle officiating. |
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Burial, with military rites, will be in Mount
Pulaski Cemetery. Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski is handling
arrangements.
Mr. Downing was owner of Downing Insurance
Agency, which is now Downing, Przykopanski,
Clements and May Insurance Agency in Mount
Pulaski. He also taught grade school and high
school and was a farm manager.
He was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army,
serving from 1941 to 1946, during World War II.
He was born March 11, 1912, in Mount Pulaski
to Ellis Charles and Leona Ethel Ryan Downing.
He married Zedna Livingston in Iberia, Mo., on
June 14, 1941. She preceded him in death on Jan.
4, 1960. He married Maxine Campbell Schultz in
Mount Pulaski on Jan 26, 1967.
He is survived by his wife, of Mount Pulaski;
one son, William Ellis (and Diana) Downing of
Redmond, Wash.; one stepson, Michael Dean (and
Janice E.) Schultz of Omaha, Neb.; one
stepdaughter, Denise Diane (and Scott) Traver of
Rhinebeck, N.Y.; six grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren. |
He was also preceded in death by two brothers
and two sisters.
He was a member of Mount Pulaski Christian
Church, Mount Pulaski Masonic Blue Lodge AF &
AM, Logan County Shrine, Springfield Ansar
Shrine, Mount Pulaski American Legion Post 447,
Mount Pulaski Township Historical Society and
was a Paul Harris Rotarian.
Memorials may be made to Mount Pulaski
American Legion Post 447 or Mount Pulaski
Christian Church.
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