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John Thomas Downer

Birth	:	7 Sep 1869 Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	15 Dec 1942 Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4192009, -91.0678024
Plot	:	Riverview Block 40 Lot 23
Description	:	John T. Downer, 73, prominent retired farmer at Sweetland township, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bellevue hospital after a two week illness with complications. Mr. Downer retired from active farming about a year ago and moved to Muscatine in September of this year. His home was at 113 Magnolia street. He was born on Sept. 7, 1869 in Des Moines county, Ia., the son of J. B. and Margaret Davis Downer. He lived in Muscatine county for 69 years. On Aug. 25, 1892, he married Viola Lang. He was affiliated with Masonic Iowa Lodge No. 2, and was a member... Read More	John T. Downer, 73, prominent retired farmer at Sweetland township, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bellevue hospital after a two week illness with complications. Mr. Downer retired from active farming about a year ago and moved to Muscatine in September of this year. His home was at 113 Magnolia street. He was born on Sept. 7, 1869 in Des Moines county, Ia., the son of J. B. and Margaret Davis Downer. He lived in Muscatine county for 69 years. On Aug. 25, 1892, he married Viola Lang. He was affiliated with Masonic Iowa Lodge No. 2, and was a member of the Park Avenue Methodist church. Surviving are his wife; one son, Ray E. Downer of Sweetland township, one brother, Louis E. Downer, of Letts, and one sister, Mrs. A. B. Minear, of Mt. Pleasant, and one grandson, Robert R. Downer, of Sweetland township. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Mrs. Adella Parvin. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon from the Hoffman Funeral Church. The Rev. C. B. Rayhill, of the Park Avenue Methodist church, will be in charge. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. The body is at the Hoffman Funeral Home. Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune: Dec. 16, 1942 Page 12

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John Thomas Downer death on 15 Dec 1942 in Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.4192009
Longitude: -91.0678024

Family Members:

Parent

Capt Joseph Benson Downer

(1840 - 1911)

Margaret A Davis Downer

(1847 - 1914)

Spouse

Viola Lang Downer

(1873 - 1952)

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

Nell Viola Downer Minear

(1882 - 1958)

Children

Ray E Downer

(1894 - 1979)

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