Obit for Mrs. John DOWNES (b.1857 d.1934), Big Stone Co., MN
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    Graceville Enterprise
    Graceville (Big Stone County), Minn. Thursday, Nov. 29, 1934
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Mrs. John Downes
Passed away: last Friday and briefly noted in the 
Born: 1857, Sheffield, Ill., in 1857, and came with parents to 
Waseca, Minnesota: 1857
Kandiyohi County: March 1879
Married: March 1880
Spouse: John Downes
Graceville: 1891
Number of children: nine children, five survive her
Survived by: 3 daughters: Mrs. Mary McMahon, Graceville
                          Mrs. J. Kehoe, Graceville
                          Mrs. J.T. Downes, Cass Lake
                  2 sons: Walter, Graceville
                          William, Milwaukee, Wis.
Funeral services: Catholic church
Interment: local cemetery.
Devout Christian, a faithful wife and loving mother