San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Downing, Edna May July 8 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com July 14, 2004, 12:53 pm The Record July 13, 2004 Stockton Edna May Downing April 11, 1907 - July 8, 2004 Edna May Downing, 97 of Stockton, passed away July 8, 2004. Edna was born April 11, 1907 in Redding, CA. Edna Downing moved to Sacramento at the age of 8. She graduated from Sacramento High School and Heald Business College. In 1928, she married Orville Downing and in 1940 moved to Stockton. Mrs. Downing was the owner of Downing Paint and Equipment Inc. and active in the business until recently. She was also the past President of the Soroptimist Club of Stockton, member of the Philoa-mathean, Stockton Golf and Country Club, and Friends for Lunch. She was an avid bridge player and loved to golf and played until her late eighties. She also loved to garden and loved all sports. She is survived by two daughters: Suedee Howell, and Karen Rose both of Stockton, three grandchildren Randy Wolfe, Julie Colyer and David Stedman, five great- grand children Scott Wolfe, Cassidy Colyer, Bryce Colyer, Aaron Sihota, Joel Sihota; she was preceded in death by her husband, Orville Downing and her granddaughter Christy Sihota. Services: Thursday, July 15, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. at Lincoln Presbyterian Church, 900 Douglas Road, Stockton. Visitation: Monday and Tuesday, July 12 & 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Wallace-Martin Funeral Home. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/ob239downing.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb