Obit: Downer, Hulda (1908 - 1972)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Downer, Henze, Davis, Grassman, Elmhorst, Schwarze, Gall, Henninger, Braatz., Pernsteiner, Garbisch, Nickel

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 6/22/1972

Downer, Hulda (27 December 1908 - 12 June 1972)

Funeral services for Mrs. Ted (Hulda) Downer, 63, of Neillsville, who died June 12, were held Thursday, June 15, at 2 p.m. from the Gilbertson Funeral Home in Granton. The Rev. Melvin Nickel of the United Methodist Church officiated and burial was made in the Windfall Cemetery.

Mrs. Downer, the former Hulda Henze was born December 27, 1908, at Plymouth. She was educated in Granton schools. Her marriage to Ted downer took place October 10, 1932, at Winona, Mn. The Downers lived on a farm in the Town of York until1969 when they moved to Neillsville.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, include a son, Jack Downer of Milwaukee; one grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. Neva Davis of Stevens Point and Mrs. Leo Grassman of Hollywood, Fl.

Pallbearers were: Elmer Elmhorst, Durward Schwarze, Donald Gall, Emil Henninger, Victor Braatz and Joe Pernsteiner, Jr. Mrs. Lee Garbisch was the organist.