Muskegon County MI Archives Obituaries.....Downey, Thomas  March 1911
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Newspaper Unknown, Mar 3, 1911
Downey

March 3, 1911, Newspaper Unknown (Will or Grundy County IL Newspaper)

The death took place in Muskegon, Michigan, on Friday last of Thos. Downey, 
formerly of this town. He had of late years been living with his daughter, 
Mrs. McKearman, in Muskegon. The remains were brought here on Monday and 
services were held in St. James’ Church, with interment in St. James’ Cemetery.

Mr. Thos. Downey, an old and respected citizen of Seaforth, died last Friday 
in his 82nd year, in the city of Muskegon, Michigan, where he had resided for 
some years.  He was born in Ireland and came to this country with his parents 
at the age of 5 years, the family residing at St. Columban.

When Thos. grew up to be a young man, he carried on farming in the Township of 
McKillop, on the Huron Road halfway between Seaforth and St. Columban. 
Subsequently, he moved to Seaforth where he engaged in several occupations and 
where he was well known as an enterprising, and above all, as an upright 
citizen. He was of a very genial disposition and a friend of everybody. He was 
one of the chief promoters in the building of St. James’ Church. Seaforth, of 
which his daughter, Mrs. McKearman was the efficient organist for many years.

The corpse arrived at Seaforth by the 11 o’clock train, a. m. on Monday 6th, 
and was met at the station by a large concourse of friends and conveyed to St. 
James’ church, Seaforth, where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by Rev. P. 
Corcoran, who made some appropriate remarks on the deceased. The interment 
took place at St. Columban Cemetery, where his wife, who predeceased him, is 
interred.

Among those from a distance at the funeral were, his daughter, Mrs. McKearman 
and her son, for whom sincere sympathy is felt. We also noticed in the 
sanctuary Rev. P. McCabe, of Maidstone, Rev. D. J. Downey, of Windsor, who 
accompanied the remains to the cemetery.

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