The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Friday, June 16, 1967 Laura Downen Rites Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Mae Downen, 86, will be held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at Myers Chapel. The Rev. Floyd Hartley will officiate and burial will be in Old Baptist cemetery, near Waltonville. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel, where friends may call after 4:00 p.m. today. Mrs. Downen, who resided with her daughter, Mrs. Grover Shaw, at 324 north Fifth street, died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Phillips, of Kankakee and Mrs. Hazle Shaw of Mt. Vernon; one son, Wlllard Downen of Waltonville; and one brother, Willie Hanna of Scheller. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Albert Downen, one daughter, one son and one sister.

Name: Laura M. Hanna Gender: Female Event Type: Birth Event Date: 28 Nov 1880 Event Place: Bald Hill Township, Jefferson, Illinois Birth Date: Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race (Original): Father's Name: Lewis W. H. Hanna Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Elzenia Clampit (sic) Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C72836-1 System Origin: Illinois-ODM GS Film number: 1004706 Reference ID: Citing this Record: "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940," index, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V222-QH3 : accessed 22 Jul 2014), Laura M. Hanna, 28 Nov 1880; Birth, citing Bald Hill Township, Jefferson, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1004706. -----Original Message----- From: iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iljeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rwlmn via Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:10 AM To: iljeffer@rootsweb.com; rwlmn@aol.com Subject: [ILJEFFER] Laura Mae Hanna Downen 1880 1967 The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Friday, June 16, 1967 Laura Downen Rites Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Mae Downen, 86, will be held at 1:30 p. m. Saturday at Myers Chapel. The Rev. Floyd Hartley will officiate and burial will be in Old Baptist cemetery, near Waltonville. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel, where friends may call after 4:00 p.m. today. Mrs. Downen, who resided with her daughter, Mrs. Grover Shaw, at 324 north Fifth street, died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Phillips, of Kankakee and Mrs. Hazle Shaw of Mt. Vernon; one son, Wlllard Downen of Waltonville; and one brother, Willie Hanna of Scheller. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Albert Downen, one daughter, one son and one sister. Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message